the soup - yufan lu

pumpkin throws herself into bubbling hot chocolate as the day dawns, 

an insatiablely low fire sears the bottom of the cauldron. 

In the garden, van Gogh smokes another skeleton, in your tender eyes, 

the carrots have fallen asleep. 

Yufan Lu (they/she/he) is a writer from Beijing, China. They are currently studying Creative Writing and French at Kenyon College. When not reading and writing, they work at the library reference desk, the college bookstore, and design makeup for on-campus theater and drag shows. They are a co-leader of Kenyon's Queer and Trans People of Color affinity group and their current hyperfixation is coming out to all their friends as gluten-intolerant.