2/20/2021 POETRY: CASSANDRA CERVIRESTORATION the morning sky behind my office building was a fading orange: an old painting before restoration, colors hidden behind clouds it was the type of orange I could almost taste: the cloudy memory of my Nonna’s knotted knuckles peeling oranges in the golden hour glow of lazy summertime afternoons the type of orange I could almost hear: the distant creak of my Nonna’s backyard swing’s rusting hinges I walked through the orange haze into the office, where there were no orange tastes or orange sounds just walls too white to hold anything at all when I left, the sun was long set, its morning colour, already a memory I’ll never quite restore. THE OTHER SIDE we fell in love outside legs swinging out of tree branches whispering wonderings about the ancient history of its bark, about the long-lit office building windows on the other side of the river that carried ducks and swans and geese and tissues and plastic bags and empty vodka bottles and fast food trash our first date we snuck onto the city train tracks one side overlooking the sunlight-adorned stream, the autumn leaves falling like slow tears the other side overlooking a parking lot we walked through a forest with no path beside ourselves with our discovery chattering about how more people should fall in love outside until we came upon a deer eyes wild with panic, limbs entangled in plastic Halloween decorations Cassandra is a Strategist at a marketing agency in Toronto, having graduated with an Honors Specialization in Creative Writing and a Master of Media from the University of Western Ontario. She has been published with eMpower Magazine, The Feminine Collective, Beautiful Losers Magazine, Pip Magazine, The Impressment Gang and Synaerisis Press. While studying at Western, she published a literary and arts zine to raise money to support the International Planned Parenthood Federation. She currently serves on the editorial board for Room Magazine and is always looking for new ways to connect with and serve her community through the arts. Twitter and Instagram: @cassandracervi
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