Livia Meneghin
Livia Meneghin (she/her) is the author of Honey in My Hair and is the Sundress Reads Editor. She has won fellowships and awards from Breakwater Review, The Room Magazine, the Academy of American Poets, the Writers' Room of Boston, and elsewhere. Her writing has found homes in CV2, Gasher, Mom Egg Review, Osmosis, Thrush, and elsewhere. Since earning her MFA, she teaches college literature and writing. She is a cancer survivor.​ Learn more about her and read more of her work at https://liviameneghin.wordpress.com/
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​After “Aquarium” by Audrey Dubois



The creatures sleep still like plastic,
like mass produced pink suburbanalia, 
more flamboyant than flamboyance,
you think, it’s a gift for them to be
reveling in Christmas light spectacles 
with you–you, and your compassion 
for animals, your love of nature, moral 
compass, beeswax chapstick, gloves 
made in Taiwan, Adidas sweatshirt 
under Canada Goose, hot chocolate 
cup tossed in a recycling bin only to be 
mixed back with trash by the town, 
and the gift shop sloth-themed tarot 
deck you thumb through tells you:
you will soon live someplace warm.
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