Poems

Elsa Absolves You Of All Your Sins

By Angela Veronica Wong

Elsa absolves you of all your sins, the
ones you committed against her and the
ones you didn't but would've had you had
the chance. Men are not like plants. It's not
like if you love them they will become
a fruit. This is modern day. Someone will
fall in love with someone else. In the
beginning Versailles held a menagerie
of rare birds—ostriches and pelicans
could be viewed from a balcony.
Soon there would be wild animals, tigers
and alligators and Elsa. After
all there is not yet such thing as privacy.
The orange trees blossom year-round.