Left For Dead. by Eliana Vanessa

once my ex boyfriend
got tired of the coffin
stored in our part-studio garage,
so he put it out on the curb.

the very next day,
our neighbor passed away.

observing from a window
that the coffin was being moved
closer to the end of their driveway,
we gasped in awe and felt honored.

that night,
the coffin rested;

however, the following morning,
it was back on our curb,
as the family had unanimously
decided they didn’t like the artwork on it.

all we could do
was smile politely
and awkwardly agree,
expressing our sincere condolences.

Eliana  Vanessa is originally from Buenos Aires, Argentina and moved to New Orleans, Louisiana at a young age.  Eliana's poems have been selected for display via a community project called St Tammany Poetry on the Streets, and she recently participated in the Jane Austen Festival (2017 and 2018) as part of a panel of other selected poets.  Eliana attends several writing groups, including Poets Alive, Bayou Writers and Inklings in Mandeville, Louisiana.

Her work has been published at The Rye Whiskey Review, Cajun Mutt Press , The Horror Zine .