BROWSE Columns
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I made a theatre
out of clay.
Popsicle stick princesses
and
paper mâché queens
slayed clothespin mouthed
dragons
with toothpicks and thyme.
In Act Five,
I no longer had the time
to see the play.
Matchstick bodied knaves
burned the fourth wall
to ash.
The princess cried out
to me—but her pleas were silent:
a phantom
in my memory.
Olivia Loccisano is an English and Dramatic Arts teacher from Toronto, Canada. She holds a BFA in Screenwriting and a Masters of Teaching. She is inspired by the absurd and how children and young women navigate and immerse themselves within these oddities.
