Ars Poetica

by Ashley Wagner

The poem is a small downy feather

dappled by evolution’s clumsy hand

to mimic a piece of the sky.


Ashley Wagner is a queer writer, reader, and roller-skater living in Baltimore. She is the poetry editor for Ligeia Magazine.

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