My Friend is Dying
by Christa Fairbrother
What I notice
is my hibiscus
wilting. The blossoms—
flat, peach
as her palm,
as a hull
of a house.
A slip
of a thing
needing water.
Christa Fairbrother, MA, has had poetry in Arc, Epiphany, Pleiades, and Salamander, among others. Currently, she’s Gulfport, Florida’s poet laureate, and she’s been a finalist for the Leslie McGrath Poetry Prize, The Prose Poem Competition, The Wilder Prize, and was a Pushcart Prize nominee. Connect with her at www.christafairbrotherwrites.com.
