I could feel the energy seeping back in

flickering like when I yank the kettle

plug, mid boil and it sparks

the crack in your voice as it quickens

I wanted to bottle it

Wanted to close out and run home

like maybe the heaviness we’ve been

wading though was just the corkage fee

and who cares because at that point,

we were going home, full.

Mackenzie Moore is a writer and illustrator based in Los Angeles who currently writes for scripted narrative podcasting. Her CNF and poems can be found in X-RAY, Hobart, Redivider, and Rejection Lit — she is an incoming residential writer for the Kenyon Review's 2022 Nonfiction Workshop.