Britt Ashley is a queer femme from Texas who makes poems and biscuits. Her work has appearing or is forthcoming in Tammy Journal, Southern Indiana Review, The Pinch, The Offing, and elsewhere. She currently lives and writes in Seattle, Washington. ---------
Valediction: Looking Glass I
Finally, the mirror has grown too large
for the wall on which it hangs,
for the room which holds the wall.
and the house which holds the girl.
I burn my letters in the hearth,
dear & dear & with love & until.
All I can see ahead is a long road
with no turning.
I cannot help but step through.