cathedral

A poem by Gwen Aube, originally published in Vol. 3.1 (2023)

Francis Chapin

placing a dried & discarded
raspberry into your pocket,

you whisper seed-speak.
i half-hear. miasmafucking.

a bird explodes out the earth
and becomes princess of everything.

i eat a sweet potato burrito
crying in a way that "feels ancient".

you eat a sweet potato burrito
or already have. somewhere in the plateau,

a man bets his ferrari on our future together,
a bird tunnels back into earth grinning wildly,
a perfect harmony rings a cathedral of collapse.

your friends are smart, and like me.

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Gwen Aube is the author of Missed Connections with Tall Girls (2026, LittlePuss Press). She is a 2026 Al Purdy A-Frame Artist-In-Residence, a finalist for the 2025 PEN Canada New Voices Award, and a Kevin Killian Scholarship recipient for the Jack Kerouac School. She lives on couches, often in Montreal.