My life is a faucet I can’t turn off.
When I’m satisfied with the water,
that makes my tub my tub,
I cannot stop the overflow
and its propensity for change.
All I can do is hold a small pool
between my small hands
and hold it close
as the gaps in my fingers betray me.
Drip. Drop.
Drip.
Carter Cavaliere is a second-year English major at Penn State. He grew up in Pittsburgh but is a State College boy through and through. In his spare time he enjoys hanging out with friends, playing The Sims, and listening to Taylor Swift and Lana Del Rey. After college he plans on either attending graduate school or doing marketing for a publishing house.