at the museum
by Abigail Welhouse
a little girl is with her father, wandering through the gallery
she says “oh how beautiful”
he says “don’t touch don’t touch”
she presses her nose so close to the glass that she leaves breath marks.
a little boy is with his mother, climbing onto a snow bank
he says “I’m an explorer”
she says “be careful be careful”
as he scales the mountain of gray slush, his high-top sneakers light up.
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Abigail Welhouse is a recent graduate of Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville, New York. During her time at Sarah Lawrence, she studied poetry with Martha Rhodes and Cathy Parker Hong as well as fiction with Scott Snyder and Nelly Reifler. Abigail recently spent her junior year abroad in Spain, Japan, and various places in between, and she has been enjoying the inspiration garnered from her experiences. Her mother is her biggest fan.