Crush by Richard Siken

Author:Richard Siken [Siken, Richard]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Tags: Poetry, Gay, Contemporary
ISBN: 9780300107890
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2005-04-10T23:00:00+00:00

Planet of Love

Imagine this:

You're driving.

The sky's bright. You look great.

In a word, in a phrase, it's a movie,

you're the star.

so smile for the camera, it's your big scene,

you know your lines.

I'm the director. I'm in a helicopter.

I have a megaphone and you play along,

because you want to die for love,

you always have.

Imagine this:

You're pulling the car over. Somebody's waiting.

You're going to die

in your best friend's arms.

And you play along because it's funny, because it's written down,

you've memorized it,

it's all you know.

I say the phrases that keep it all going,

and everybody plays along.

Imagine:

Someone's pulling a gun, and you're jumping into the middle of it.

You didn't think you'd feel this way.

There's a gun in your hand.

It feels hot. It feels oily.

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