Mounted
Johannah Simon
you mount me
pinning my wings
to fraying cloth
entomological art
taxidermy trophy
frozen flightless
behind glass
made pretty by your attention
hindwings spread
immobilized
preserved in a shadow box
a papered specimen
unable to avoid your gaze
Johannah Simon (she/her) is a Midwestern GenX multi-genre writer, with tiny pieces in Troublemaker Firestarter, BULL, Dodo Eraser, MCRB, Underbelly Press and Electric Pink.
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https://www.instagram.com/johannahcanwrite/
https://thewritingtype.com