Francesca Leader

On the Risks of Starting Over

Sometimes you

have to

throw it in the wash,

not knowing

if it will come out

clean,

or in pieces.

Francesca Leader is a writer originally from Western Montana. Her poetry and CNF have been published in Broadkill Review, Hooligan, Club Plum, Identity Theory, Sho Poetry, Door is a Jar, Stanchion, Literary Mama, and elsewhere. Her debut poetry chapbook, Like Wine or Like Pain, is available from Bottlecap Press.