Field Music by Alexandria Hall

Author:Alexandria Hall
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2020-08-30T00:00:00+00:00

Desire

As when learning a new language,

I feel the separateness of my body:

the mouth trying to form

the right shape to sound

the difference between Hölle

and Höhle—one hell, one

hole—the mouth itself

a pit, a void contorted,

through which we voice,

fumble over vowels. The palate

learning a posture, the mouth

given a mouth, given a cup

to be filled, to be poured,

given a breath blown through

a scrap of lace. The mouth

like the moon curling

into a small crater—Mond

or Mund—the vowels

confused again, the tongue

quivering naked in the gorge.

I want you, a pang.

Press your hand

like a roll of gauze

to the wound.

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