Hey there little chestnut by Sarah Amador | Micro-poetry | #thesideshow

Hey there little chestnut

with your knit hat

woodsmoke in your hair

phlegmy laugh

fast pulse

Barreling along and alone

brave, awake

your sister once said:

If I were a robber, I’d rob you first.

but you don’t care

Sometimes you cry so hard

that you plug up all the works

and then afterwards you sleep so well

Sometimes you run so scared

that your heart pumps to bursting

Sometimes you jump straight into the fire

and you sizzle & pop

steam rising

heart radiating

good enough to gobble up in one gulp

throat singing

About the Author

Sarah Arantza Amador is a graduate of the Creative Writing BA program at UC Santa Cruz and is a former Ph.D. Candidate in Spanish and Latin American Literatures at NYU. She lives in the Santa Cruz Mountains with her dog Roscoe. She’s most recently had words published in Vending Machine Press, The Airgonaut, and Word Riot. She tweets @ArantzaSarah.