Because by Joshua Mensch

Author:Joshua Mensch
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 2018-08-21T16:00:00+00:00

Santa Fe, 1992 – Summer

Because the room is not a room

but a hillside with a

clear view of the only raincloud

in the sky, a bulbous

monstrosity with a crimson cap

and a swollen purple

belly rimmed by a belt of rich

desert gold from all

the dust kicked up around it;

because it is the single

most beautiful thing I have ever

seen and I want Don

to stop watching it with me;

because we were

almost caught the night before;

because Don wanted us

to be alone so we could do more;

because it got so cold

we had no choice but to zip

our sleeping bags together

and strip off all our clothes

for shared bodily warmth;

because the next morning

a forest ranger found us,

huddled together like lovers,

and hollered us awake

from his truck, giving us just

enough time to haul on

our underwear and pants,

and for Don to come up

with a story about how his

flashlight got lost and

we couldn’t find our way back

to the campsite so we

had to build a fire — yes, we know

we’re not supposed to —

and so fire becomes the issue,

how clever;

because Don broke the rules,

our rule was always

no means no and yet I woke up

with his mouth around me

for the third time this trip;

because he can’t help himself

and is always contrite, so it seems

better to focus on

what he will buy me for breakfast;

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