I Grow Taller in the Summer Months
My favorite kind of snow is the kind
falling in July:
that is when
the blossoms turn to lemons in brown
paper bags—
that is when young boys
tell Mama that pigeons are their
favorite animals at the zoo.
Julia Merante is a junior English (Creative Writing) major at SUNY Geneseo. She also has minors in Biology and Human Development. Her goal after college is to earn her MFA. In her free time, she enjoys her waitressing job, traveling, and watching movies with her mom.