Rubber Bubble Rubble by Serena Eve Richardson
Rubber Bubble Rubble
Children who lose balloons
pop
throw up their arms,
and watch, outstretched.
Bursts wait
on the puffed purses of their mouths
as their eyes chew every bob,
silent spectators to a
drifting bruise.
Serena Eve Richardson is a poet, essayist, and singer/songwriter. She received her BA with a concentration in creative writing from Montclair State University. Her forthcoming album, Some Imaginings, features poems that have been transitioned into songs. Serena enjoys practicing Siljun Dobup, a samurai sword martial art in which she holds a second-degree black belt.
