The Guilt of Growing Up, by Mel R. Eaton

Poetry, chapbook, 32 pages, from Bottlecap Features.

Come with us as we explore the little details of what life was like across the bridge in a small town, where family was first and dreams second, where children grow up too fast, and adults not fast enough.

The Guilt of Growing Up dives into the inner workings of familial dysfunction, paired with relationship turmoil within parental figures, and the overall nostalgia that comes with childhood itself. These poems show the harsh reality when a child no longer sees their parents as role models and instead as just regular people, imperfect, flawed, and real.

Mel Eaton is a receptionist by day and a poet by night, living in Columbia, MO with their amazing fiance and house full of pets. Mel has their BFA from Truman State University. They are the founder of Oneiroi, an online horror journal. Mel has been previously published in Wingless Dreamer, #Enbylife, Amazine, and Inside Voice.