The Hangout
Caroline Morris is a Philadelphia-based writer and editor who received her B.A. in English literature with a concentration in writing in 2022. Her work wrestles with femininity, internal and interpersonal relationships, and what it means to have a body. Morris has previously been published by Green Ink Poetry, The Hyacinth Review, Hearth & Coffin, Beaver Magazine, and The Penwood Review, with two honorable mentions for the O'Hagan Poetry Prize. Twitter: @Lean_writer. IG: @Lean.writer
The retired women take the dance floor,
Leather-skinned and neon-clothed,
Nothing on their minds but each other,
Still like the girls they were decades ago,
Supple-skinned and still neon-clothed,
Kissing hips keeping away foreign hands,
Holding onto each other’s sweaty, beautiful bodies as they moved together,
Under the flashing lights on a pulsing floor.
Winter 2023