Welcome to Labrys, your student-run art and literature collective of Smith College.

you’re out saving the environment
so I let my bathtub overflow
sink in deep, tighten my chest,
and dry up our home state

I still catch your scent walking by security guards, your brother
still dry heave in the bathroom
still grit my teeth when I see your car
still notice where your eyes go

you breathing another person’s air is a truth I’m accustomed to
like my dad smashing a plate on rosh ha shanah
ruptures dissolve into dull aches

we drive by high schoolers painting their cars with soap, proud to be seniors. get over it, you said
get over
it