Butterfly Pea

Mystical tea

By Jay MckenziePublished 3 years ago • 1 min read

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aqueous sapphire

until lemon juice makes an

amethyst of you

nature poetry

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Jay Mckenzie

Jay is the winner of the Exeter Short Story Prize, Fabula Aestas, Writers Playground, Furious Fiction, shortlisted for the 2022 Exeter Novel Prize and the 2023 Commonwealth Short Story Prize. Her debut novel will be released in September.

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Mystical tea

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