Push / Shove

by Amber McMillan

Persephone is a celestial body 
in dual orbit with Earth and the underworld, 

a gravitational tether, a maiden
and a queen, the surface and the depth,

where she is also neither. Icarus is a satellite 
on a flight path to the sun, the tidal 

dissolution of hubris. A threshold 
between desire and what sustains. I’m saying 

everyone knows Orpheus looked back 
and everyone knows Eurydice was gone.

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ABOUT THE CREATOR

Amber McMillan is the author of three poetry books, the most recent is forthcoming from Gaspereau Press in 2027. She lives on Wolastoqey (Maliseet) territory in New Brunswick.

Linktree: @amber_mcmillan

Instagram: @amber_mcmillan

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