Sam Gennett recently graduated from Lewis University where she earned a B.A. in Writing, alongside a minor in Film Studies. She is the former Managing Editor of literary journal Jet Fuel Review and hopes to continue her education in the future. Currently living in the south suburbs of Chicago and working at local businesses, Sam enjoys recycling, hoarding purple pens, and tripping over concrete.
Floriferous
Up to my ankles in petals,
kettling my feet into a soup.
You boil my knees, my hips, my hair
in the small kitchen where rodents
replace vacuums & the backwash
tiles move like cinema
until my body is a sponge
that you twist & lay
on the windowsill
before pressing me into a frame.