Georgie Contreras
Poem written on the back of a postcard depicting Georgia O’Keefe’s White Rose with Larkspur No. 2
I don’t know if I should be sending this, if I even have the right address. What to write?
“Thinking of you.” When an intern at the museum handed me this card in exchange for
completing a survey on their latest exhibit, I thought of you. It was just the sort of small,
unexpected thing you would appreciate. I sat on a bench for a while after that, alone and
waiting for the ache in my chest to dissipate. A lot of things remind me of you in this way.
Georgie Contreras (she/her) is a Latine writer raised and residing in the Boston area. Her poetry has been published with The Ana, Loud Coffee Press, and Querencia Press. Her work has received support from GrubStreet’s Boston Writers of Color and the Fine Arts Work Center. Whether she’s journaling or reading a book from the library, you’ll usually find an indie wrestling match from the mid-2000s playing in the background.