Things I Love Almost As Much As My Beloved's Soft Tongue:

A spritz of rose perfume on a translucent wrist

A newborn baby's downy ear

A long silken braid running down a beautiful woman's back

A gleaming diamond in an upturned nostril

Finding a shiny new penny, heads up

A butterfly clasped in my hands

Tickling my palms, leaving iridescent dust.

Summer thunder storms on warm quiet evenings,

Cool wine running down my throat.

Tim Buckley.

The Simpsons.

Fireflies, flickers of golden light, bobbing through the thick night air

And a distant black sky full of stars

Created by milk flowing from Hera's breast.

Angela Sloan

Angela Sloan is a writer from Virginia; she earned a Master’s Degree in English and Creative Writing from Longwood University and currently lives in New York City. Her previous works have been published by Three Rooms Press, Genre: Urban Arts, and Mandarin Magazine; her chapbook, Stories About Love, was published in 2022. Angela's new work is included in the poetry anthology When Flowers Sing. 

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