steam off the blacktop

i am six years old
a ball bounces off the wall
game of catch for one

A Thematic Option member, first-year English major, and hopeful candidate for Dornsife’s Progressive M.A. in Literary Editing and Publishing, Katie Kim loves to read and write. Whether it’s through the poignancy of historical literature or from the nuanced memes in r/me_irl, she believes that every written word tells the story of the human experience.