The Wardrobe's Best Dressed: Eldest Daughter: a Break-up Story by Megan Cannella

This selection, chosen by guest editor H.V. Cramond, is from Eldest Daughter: a Break-up Story by Megan Cannella (Porkbelly Press 2023).

Something sweet for my sweet daughter, Love Mom

If you want your gift
to make her cry,

remember to tell her
those chocolate-covered
strawberries
are

mostly fruit.

Everything
she puts in her mouth
is a trap.

Megan Cannella (she/they) is a neurodivergent Midwestern transplant currently living in Nevada. They’re a Best of the Net and Pushcart nominated writer, with publications scattered across the internet. If you like this chapbook, go check out Megan’s others: Human Clocks (Nat 1 LLC), I Redact You, Too (Alien Buddha Press), and Confrontational Crotch (On Tap Publishing). When she’s not writing, you can find Megan reading smut, watching Bravo, and having opinions.

H.V. Cramond holds an MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and was the founding Poetry Editor of Requited Journal for 10 years. In 2018, she helped pass the Survivor’s Bill of Rights in Illinois as an organizer for Rise. Read more of her writing on her website.