Mimi Flood 

The Little Mermaid Lunchbox Dairies

Photo by Kleigh Balugo By Mimi Flood Peanut Butter N Jelly Sandwich and a Capri Sun  Just before my 1st day of kindergarten/ my mom would brush my hair and I would pick my dress that matched my shoes/ she took a picture outside the building/ me and my little mermaid lunchbox / met an…

Skylines of Hotel Rooms

Photo by Tracy Fuentes By Mimi Flood Hotel Paper All the hotel rooms are the same / besides the color of the walls and bedsheets/ it’s you and me standing in every single one / like a flip picture book / and we both know how it ends / but I’m a slave to this…

Summer of Shygirl

Photo by Kleigh Balugo By Mimi Flood Woman with Dove  I laid my head on his lap in Bryant Park/ as we waited for the summer movie to start/ he outlined my face with his finger / like a Picasso with a dove.  Sprinklers and Flower Crowns  We ran through sprinklers/ sat in a kiddie…

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