Chloe Firetto-Toomey is an English-American writer of poetry and prose. She graduated from the University of Surrey, London, in 2006 and moved to Miami in 2008. She is currently an MFA student at Florida International University where she served as Poetry Editor for Gulf Stream Magazine. She is a Graduate Teaching Assistant and the recipient of the 2017 Academy of American Poet’s Prize. Find her work in Cosmonauts Avenue, Tupelo Quarterly, Origins, Saw Palm, and elsewhere.
I started feeding the stray cats when I moved in with him. To attract company, I began leaving food and water by the front door. Fuck Off was the first cat to frequent our patio...