Bagel Seeds

after Everything Everywhere All At Once (2022) 

for just a moment, let me into the bagel
so i can find the seed where my mother and i
are just two rocks speaking serifs on a cliff.
just give me one moment, and before we tumble off the crust and fall, i’ll tell her i drank
sauvignon blanc on the airplane
and it didn’t taste as bad as i remember
when i was seven and dipping my pinky
into the pool of her wine glass.
and i used the airplane bathroom
without you holding me safe by the knees.
i guess i finally learned there’s no real danger
of falling in and tumbling into the sky
like icarus coming unraveled
while his father simply
watches.

Faith Eberz is an Orlando-based writer, currently pursuing her Bachelor’s in English at the University of Central Florida. She primarily writes literary fiction and confessional poetry. Her work has been featured in Young Writers USA, Wingless Dreamer, You Might Need To Hear This, Cypress Dome, and Room Magazine.