Plump berries
Ready for the harvest
Blended and sold
Held in careless hands
Dropped, splattered, bruised
A spilled smoothie
Pink and sticky
Hope devoured
My cup runs empty
My soul is littered
With the footprints of others
You see me and pretend
To be appalled
But deep down you like it
Author: Taylah Curtis is a Brisbane based emerging writer and third year creative writing student. She loves Goosebumps and cites R.L Stine as one of her influences. Her goal is to have people read her work and think to themselves yikes dude!
Artist: Marlena Litchfield is a lawyer who does art as a hobby. You can find more of her work at @marlena_erin