Michelle Lin is a poet, born and raised in the buzzing metropolis of Toronto. Her spoken word has been featured on Button Poetry's YouTube channel. Michelle's other work appears in The Poetry Institute of Canada’s anthology. She is currently a sophomore at Kenyon College, studying creative writing, where she is also the copy-editing intern for the Kenyon Review.

POETRY

Abundant, Useless, & Utterly Mine.

By MICHELLE LIN

I have never been able to afford a dress that did not smell like death. /
Even the moths lust for cashmere instead of polyester.