[Image Description: A collage of a nature scene with a dripping ice cream cone.]
Poem by Nicola Bonardi Rivard
Art by Jazmin Diaz
WORLD MELT
the ice cream fell at my feet,
melted and warped
sinking into the sizzling asphalt
as I looked at the
zebras that trotted past
in ordered columns and I
nodded at the giraffes, haggling
at the prices of shampoo
I saw a sad polar bear in a
corner huddling close to it’s
fan and ice cubes
I turned to observe monkeys trying
to commit burglary at the local taco place
the platypus and the meese bet
on street fights and race cars
i looked at my fallen ice cream
and let it melt
Nicola Bonardi Rivard is a 14-year-old from Canada. He enjoys writing and learning about science. He can be found prowling local bookstores in search of a new favorite novel. In the future, he would like to be a theoretical physicist.