“Unasked, she doesn’t think to pray.
Half a bun is gone before she makes time, not
for a holy act, but an attentive one, attuned
to the soft chew of raisins on molars”
Enjoy this audio recording of “Aubade with Hot Cross Buns” by Siobhan Mulligan from Vol. 32:2 of CALYX Journal! Buy the full issue here.
Siobhan Mulligan is a DFA Creative Writing student at the University of Glasgow. Her research interests include urban fantasy, ecopoetry, and the history of the southern United States. She is an editor of From Glasgow to Saturn and has had poetry published in BlueHouse and The New Southern Fugitives.