Kaitlyn Poon is an Asian-Australian, aspiring poet from Perth, Western Australia.

Kaitlyn Poon

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Eclipse

The sun slips on her black veil for the occasion,
total occlusion, save for the O
of the silver nimbus
wedding the day to darkness.

The leaves shatter on the pavement
into a million moons.
They glare like coffee rings or the dilated eyes of cats
and lift as the sun strips off her clothes.