POETRY BY BRI GRIFFITH

NIPPLE PICNIC

nipple as Christmas tree topper / nipple as raindrop / many nipple raindrops falling / tickling my

windshield / getting stuck in the wipers / ? as boob with ghost nipple / hovering / haunted nipple

/ nipple as 6th grade advice: dot your i’s / nipple as the “i” in nipple / nipple as red panic button /

nipple as button on the back of Talking Barbie / Barbie’s dream house with roof made of nipple

tiles / nipple as birthday balloon / many nipple balloons floating / un-popped / another failed

gender reveal party / a nipple bouquet of balloons from Disney’s Up / nipple as blur / no nipples

online / woman nipple removed from Instagram in less than 15 minutes / nipples as bubbles from

a car wash / nipples slip under the car hood / nipples take over the car like Stephen King’s

Christine / nipple as maniacal laugh / nipple with mouth / nipple with juicy voice like biting into

an apple / so juicy you could ring it out / nipple as googly eye / nipple googly eyes glued to all

sides of the Empire State Building / nipple as main character / nipple as hero / nipple cape /

nipple rain again / catching nipples like fallen leaves in a woven basket / a nipple picnic / nipple

as apology letter / sorry I nipple / nipple says sorry / nipple doesn’t mean it / nipple erased again

/ nipple as pregnancy: you’re having a nipple / nipple as congratulatory cake / nipple earrings /

nipple nose piercing / nipple chant at the homecoming football game / N I P P L E / N I P P L E /

N I P P L E / nipples as wheels on a skateboard / riding nipples down the sidewalk / all around

town / nipple as tongue ulcer / every grain of salt is a nipple / pixelated nipples / no nipples

online / no nipple chants online / nipple North Star / nipple as —

Bri Griffith earned a BA in creative writing from Carlow University in 2018. Her work has appeared in Glass Mountain, Columbia Poetry Review, Small Orange, and elsewhere. She's a current MFA candidate in poetry and instructor at Florida International University where she’s also the Nonfiction Editor for Gulf Stream Literary Magazine.