Poet of the Month: “Sapote Splurge” by Silvia Bonilla

Sapote Splurge

We waited for mom to open you.
We shook you until your pit gave

a note, music from the crib
of your heart

that was still whole 
but waiting 

to come loose,
the yellow knotted walls.

All we needed was your black
pit split 

to make earrings.

Silvia Bonilla holds an MFA in poetry from the New School. Her work has been featured in/is forthcoming from Pittsburgh Journal, Green Mountains Review, Rhino, Reed Magazine, Cream City Review, and Pen&Brush, among others. She has received scholarships from the Vermont College of Fine Arts, Colgate Writers Conference, and The Frost Place. She recently received a Fellowship from The Saltonstall Foundation for the Arts. You can find her at: https://www.bonillasilvia.com/about.html