Navyaa’s poem “mother may i” follows a daughter who grieves the loss of her mother. It was recently accepted for publication in the 39th volume of The Apprentice Writer, which will be released in early October.
mother may i eat the ice cream that you bought last year the day i’d been robbed because my piggy bank was missing the five dollars that you used to buy rocky road from last year so now it’s been sitting in the back of the fridge waiting for some love from you and ever since i took a bite from the warm and tender frozen treat i’ve been saving it because i didn’t know when you’d buy me more and i need to save me from the bad days but i’m all out and now you can’t buy me more p.s. there are sprinkles in the round yellow box next to the band aids