The Rumble//Taya Boyles

A cul-de-sac cult, of corn shucking delights, Of Southern belles, bonneted in recliners,

Winded and wobbling, ever-turning, Bandanaed, white-lace-tipped shawls

flying like wings in the west wind, And the girls are slinging hootenannies,

Over the roar of off-road dirtbikes, Red piercing through tapioca dust clouds.

Rolling from the exhaust, back into the crowded Circus of an I-64 standstill.

A darn tootin' set of darlings, A cowboy convoy, cowabunga!

Revving spurs with pleather soles, Chewin' Straw and learning,

How to spit like a pioneer.

Taya Boyles is a writer based in Richmond, Virginia. She is a senior pursuing a Bachelor of Arts in English at Virginia Commonwealth University. Taya's publishing journey started at just eight years old and has come a long way from misspelling glue. Since then, her poetry and flash fiction has appeared in literary magazines such as Split Lip Magazine, Vermillion, Pwatem, The Rye Whiskey Review, Synthesis Publication, Radical Zine, Breadfruit Magazine, Hot Pot Magazine, Dadakuku and more.