Three children were asked: What is divorce?
the smell of a car
wreck — two cars, no
trucks the taste of
pennies — three
under your tongue
the sound — of sand
paper on tile floors
the taste of tree
bark — maple tree bark
the stick of ice
cream that was left
in the car a slide — that goes
from Heaven to the
ocean — and you swallow
salt water and die
Melissa Amen, originally from St. Louis, Missouri, now lives in Maryland and is pursuing a graduate degree in Creative Writing and Publishing at the University of Baltimore and works by day as an editor in educational publishing.