My Writing

Little Teacup

Rachel Sandell

Little teacup

fat and round,

smile shimmering in 

frozen thin handles.

Delicate spout,

tip me and hear 

the echo.

Fill me up,

touch my lip, black and leaking.

I stretch a thin line

from one dimple to another

and

twist the frown

into a reflection of precise,

bright shadows.

Clasp your hands

around my base,

smooth and round, 

and

tap my dented cheek,

feel the clink of my face,

peek into vast curves.

See if your fingernail

still scrapes across 

painted-on skin

or 

if silence shimmers,

shudders,

shatters.

Photo by 五玄土 ORIENTO on Unsplash

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Published by Rachel Sandell

Rachel Sandell is a writer and editor from Washington State, where rainy days necessitate long books, hot chocolate, and plenty of magic. Though she specializes in speculative fiction and harbors a love for the dark and enchanting, she also dabbles in poetry and is the archive project coordinator for Fireweed: Poetry of Oregon. She is an MFA graduate from the Rainier Writing Workshop, and her short stories have appeared in SORTES magazine, Night Picnic Press, and Leading Edge magazine.