Living Quarters by Adrienne Su

Author:Adrienne Su
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Manic D Press, Inc.

July

I should have lived like the lettuces and broccoli,

bolting in excessive heat, as nature wills,

instead of pressing onward, making meals,

only to be cut down again, by the one who held me.

Raspberry Patch

Sanguine, swollen,

intending to be taken,

they barely hide, their flesh

the reason for our rash

and burn. Their sweetness

flees as it’s apprehended.

Would it be so wrong,

as ankles and wrists succumb

to mosquitoes and nettles,

to long on a primitive level

for the ignorant years

when they simply appeared,

flavorless and beautiful,

whenever we called?

Nothing new in carpe diem

under the terrible sun.

We realize eating’s

an art form now, but having

scrambled for strawberries,

snap peas, rhubarb, we’re ready

for something we can count on

to stay while our backs are turned,

even if it’s only the earthly bones

of something heavenly and flown.

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