Elaina Whitesell is an MFA candidate at Maharishi International University.

She produces and sings in a band called Magenta Moon. Sometimes she goes by @smoogiewonderful.

You can find Elaina’s work in New Limestone Review, The RavensPerch, and Alien Buddha.

The Bracelet with Hanging Fish Beads

smells like a body of water corroding
metal chain links. Little blonde girl
wears it to the Star Wars movie along

with other accessories. Training handbag,
warped rectangle; classic u-shape
slides right up her chicken wing arm—
no questions asked. This: her birthday.
She commands the charm bracelet dangle.