the pages of gouverneur morris.

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  • There’s a six-wagon pileup at the Kansas River crossing.
    This I know: the ghosts are tired of screaming, so fuck it,
    everyone cries tonight. Right now the Kansas River
    is the color of fruit-punch & I’m lazy in the midday
    heat. This I know: you are still alive beside me & two
    nights ago we were inside each other. You held me
    like a bruised knee. I held you until I forgot I was holding
    you. I forgot what it was to hold, so I cradled you, built
    a down comforter & watched your eyelids fall into your
    cheeks. Right now there are people dead: broken clavicles,
    love lost in a hiccup, an augmented sigh. Everything tastes
    metallic. Everything tastes. There’s a six-wagon pileup
    at the Kansas River crossing & this I know: your head weighs
    nine pounds. Your larynx is worth seven hugs. I want to read
    you the book I just wrote on the back of your tongue. I wrote
    the phrase bump & grind 37 times. Right now I want to take
    my pants off while you whistle at the sun. I want to watch
    the dead wake up, say Just kidding, you know?

    (Gregory Sherl.)


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