Holly Day
Reliquary
We approach each other’s present-day as civilizations in decline, look beyond the conquered walls and shattered windows scars carved in flesh by unmentionable acts remnants of wars that must be acknowledged but written and spoken only as fixed, immutable points in the past. Instead, we revel in the struts left standing despite the damage, point out the fine detailing in frescoed hallways and ornamental lintels find beauty in even the most accidental of places: a line of tiny flowers blooming in a sidewalk crack a spray of green lichen obscuring decades of decay a statue of a girl I used to be, still standing guard over the last of the locked doors I will open only for you.
Holly Day was born in Hereford, Texas, also known as “The Town Without a Toothache.” She and her family currently live in Minneapolis, Minnesota, where she teaches at the Loft Literary Center. Her published books include Music Theory for Dummies, Music Composition for Dummies, and Guitar All-in-One for Dummies.
