In September
I get so lonely I eat
my own heart.
Now music
doesn’t make me
cry anymore.
I eBay a glass owl
to fill the hole.
It eats every mouse
in my attic.
On NPR, a scientist
says this will go on
forever. Meanwhile,
my phone. A bowl
of cloudy cereal milk.
$5 off Postmates,
order now.
2020
Sera Gamble’s writing has appeared in The Washington Square Review, Tinderbox, Typehouse, Sky Island Journal, The Wall Street Journal, Nerve, and in various anthologies. She also writes film and television; most recently, she co-created the series You and The Magicians. She lives on a quiet street in Los Angeles with her husband and dog, who also enjoy poetry.