Let the thorny bougainvillea vine curl around your ears as you hear a poem about cut knees and tilted necks wrapped in flamingo-tinted petals. Then, stay as staff member Elliott preens through the poem, revealing just how wrenching it really is.

Read Natalie DC's poem "Bougainvillea" on our website here.


Credits

Producer: Sophia McGregor

Host: Courtney Hodges

Editors: Jordan Barringer, Katelyn Egan, and Cora Anderson

Reader: Lance Elliot Flores


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