Melissa Banyacski - Foliate Oak Literary Magazine
This is Your Task

by Melissa Banyacski

This is the task
Of which bravely, we cannot forget
The bodies beneath us
We cannot refuse to walk on
The quiet pleasures will not overtake
The chaos of lifetimes below us
And the soil is serious and silent
We too shall die

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 Missy Banyacski graduated from Fairleigh Dickinson University with a BA in creative writing. She currently resides in her hometown of Edison, New Jersey. Her work has appeared in journals such as the White Ash Literary Magazine, Red Fez, the Forge Journal, and others.