Chase

As the lightning
jagged across
the sky she
grabbed a bolt
and stuffed it
down her throat.

Sandra Marchetti is the author of two full-length collections of poetry, Aisle 228 from Stephen F. Austin State University Press (2023) and Confluence from Sundress Publications (2015). She is also the author of four chapbooks of poetry and lyric essays. Sandra’s poetry and essays appear widely in Blackbird, Ecotone, Southwest Review, Mid-American Review, Fansided and elsewhere.