Monthly Poem February 2025

Required Reading

Ideally, be a child as long as possible—

read Sweet Dream Pie, not Epictetus—

any Stoic podcasting, Teen Vogue next year:

Animalic perfume: eau de toilette,

notes of sweat and French cigarettes or

opening the fridge during pregnancy,


anticipatory Valentine: chocolate malt,

endless February, pining and

pinning the butterfly.

Emily Bulicz-Arnelien

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Image by Pincalo, accessed Feb. 2025 from Pexels.