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Deserted Dreams

Cover artwork by Andrea Huang

Julia Dun Rappaport

September 28, 2022

Department: Poetry

The salty
Freshness of
Lady Liberty’s
Sorrow
Blends with the
Tears of those
Who cannot see her
Weathered crown in the
Satin
Darkness
Of hopeless
Empty.
A
Melting pot of
Bleeding souls and
Weeping
Hearts.
Locked fences
Blocked futures.
Bitter language
Bites.
The echoing
Quiet of the
Deserted dreams
Crumbles her copper
Crown.

Julia Dun Rappaport is 15 years old. She lives in Boston, Massachusetts. Julia spends most of her time sketching, writing poems, and lint-rolling the fur of her two dogs off of her clothes. She has been published in multiple literary magazines and anthologies and is inspired by the work of Ada Limón and Billy Collins.