Angelica Tao Poet Free verse

Holidays

I have a carnival in my head.
And a type of song that botched me. 

Opened up my mailbox like a torn up scar. 
Teeth and other types of feelings. 

I hate when I have Christmas Day. 
Old wrapping paper, they don’t care about me. 

Underneath that subterranean palace. 
The New Year lapses. 

I have a carnival in my head!
A dandelion died instead. 

I have enough fancy tastes. 
The bones won’t go to waste. 

I have a ferris wheel breathing and breaking things inside me. 
Circles like holidays in my head.

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Jeanette Swan December 23, 2025 at 8:43 PM I like this, and at the same time it feels dystopian. I like how you use the carnival/ ferris wheel as a refrain which sounds cheerful, and then it crashes. And the dandelion which is playful sadly dies in alliterative appropriateness. J :)