I devoted to you
an entire page of an ancient diary,
a small part of a soul.

You gave to me
deliciously generic compliments,
a plastic blue-beaded necklace

and mononucleosis.

Annie Bolger is pursuing a BA in English Literature and Classical Studies at Swarthmore College. She is currently the Co-Editor-in-Chief of Swarthmore’s daily newspaper, The Daily Gazette. She recently hand made and published Dated, a chapbook of her poetry. Her work has appeared in Prisms and the Swarthmore Review.

Read an interview with Annie here.