The Dress
A million miles of white
in the hands of women,
blood memory beyond my reach.
A million miles of white for the girl I meant to be.
Here a honeycombed head could remember
its’ tired history of secret wishes,
all the goods I could have been.
Shannon Quinn lives in Toronto. Her work has appeared in Maisonneuve, THIS Magazine, Existere, Subterrain, Halfway Down the Stairs and Sein und Werden.
A million miles of white
in the hands of women,
blood memory beyond my reach.
A million miles of white for the girl I meant to be.
Here a honeycombed head could remember
its’ tired history of secret wishes,
all the goods I could have been.
Shannon Quinn lives in Toronto. Her work has appeared in Maisonneuve, THIS Magazine, Existere, Subterrain, Halfway Down the Stairs and Sein und Werden.
