Fine China

by Alexis Borbon

Image credit: Gunnar Ridderström on Unsplash

Mold me, hand over hand, dirt

underneath each nail. Sift through every detail of

the process:

1) The conception

2) The Idea

3) The Rough Draft

4) Peer-Reviewed

5) The Revision

6) The Finalized Project

Then I was born, poked, prodded at, and

confirmed to the population's perfection. They

knew not that from my first form, I was perfect. I

folded upon myself like origami or a lotus rising

through a swamp, held together by the thousand

layers of bandages and bruises.

There are cracks in this porcelain persona I've

created for myself.

Fractures in my facade.

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Alexis Borbon

Alexis Borbon is a Latin American writer from New Jersey. Studying at New Jersey City University to be an English teacher to share their love of literature with the writers of the future. Trying to show that creativity can come from any aspect of one's own life. A writer of fiction and fantasy, an avid enjoyer of all things magical, be it on the tabletop, the leaves, or the stars.