Shut Like a Clam, Yours Truly
This is where you wonder
where did the man come from
but under you, damp.
*
He wants to talk about it again, like your
agile eyes and burrowing water.
*
He is not your practice
now and now he is your
lids
and little patience
*
Make the mistake that
he'll trade or take it back, his left
pock
and oh
*
Take care, and
take out your hairs one
by one
*
There are bees here and thieves
and we don't like any one of them.
Crease your shirt now, and like it
This is where I am at night
getting your book all wet.
Boys on the porch are
and boys on the porch
getting sick
from the small things
they give each other. This
is where we are at night
with the doors closed
getting everything
soaked together and
the boys make their
tongues dry. And hold
watching each other
bangs wet on their
faces and pockets
full of each other. With
this gurgling in their
throats' take my
hair off and throw
it.
Spilled to one side you're there
Like coins she was
arching
down over
the ledge?
Less than this and
wherever
because she
has hands
let's say you do
and I can't help myself
but from talking to you
even though she's there
with a bucket shucking
pennies off from their shells,
sheaths.
The Man is Tired, Again
There are reasons
the man wants to
sleep in your bed.
Moths and sheets.
And the television is
always on and snowy.
Covered in snow
because this city
is cold.
And his face looks
like it has melted over him.
The city.
The shoulder and the wave are the same
The man is in the water again so
let's find him there
*
with his clothes on so
neatly like he never
neatly bought them
in the first place.
*
Little wet coat and
who is on the shore
there you
in the house and
the man has crutches
so you say let
him swim with
them.
*
The man's mother is
making noise
again and all
in the oven she
says as she takes
his socks off
*
like she never
stitched them
in the first place.
anne heide edits
CAB/NET out of
Denver. Her work has recently appeared or is forthcoming in H_NGM_N, Ur
Vox, Cranky, The Tiny, and Glitterpony, among others. She is currently
working towards her doctorate in English and Creative Writing at Denver
University.
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