Short Talks

after Anne Carson; For Tom

Short talk on my bike

Thank you for pushing it for me.

Short talk on everyone else

They’re wrong when they don’t want to kiss you.

Short talk on delicious looking wet wood chips

I love my body’s capacity to crave something it’s never had.

Short talk on humiliation

It was kind of sweet. Everyone was looking at me. After, we ate vanilla cake with our hands.

Short talk on living alone

I can’t believe no one else is asleep in this apartment.

Short talk on ghosts

They make me shy. My insides get that pastel easter egg feeling. Should I sing now?

Short talk on hanging the moon

I think we did that once before.

Short talk on swimming

Let’s do it naked.

Short talk on brunettes

God I love you. Come here.

Short talk on Emily Dickinson

“After great pain, a formal feeling comes.”

Short talk on formal feelings

I will not wear underwear under my wedding dress.

Short talk on great pain

What if August only means something to me?