Took a dragonfly for a walk today.
just a lap around the block,
we touched the sidewalk bruises
and breathed the air.

Tonight I will bring my shirt over my head
lay on my back
and sing a hymn
with her fingers inside,
against my spine, looking for light.

Imagine for a second we are both girls
with no eyelashes.
and I laugh into your mouth.
and we swim rings until the sun breaks
into something very small.

I would like to be loved
and smile with no cavities
and have a bird who calls my name.

I would like to be good.

Imagine for a second
we are both good.

Olivia Treynor is a Barnard College student from California. Her work appears or is forthcoming in The Columbia Review, CutBank, Southeast Review, phoebe journal, and elsewhere. She loves lakes but is scared of the ocean.