Why did you

smash the plate?

It’s curved

edges cracked, smashed,

exploded into tiny,

little shimmery

pieces of thorns.

On its shelf,

recently cleaned,

it could have stayed. 

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Alexis Crafts is a third-year university student from Western Massachusetts. She has words in Ice Lolly Review, Celestite Poetry, and elsewhere. You can find her on Twitter @crafts_writing.