Water I Won't Touch by Kayleb Rae Candrilli

Author:Kayleb Rae Candrilli
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Copper Canyon Press
Published: 2021-12-15T00:00:00+00:00

lip color, its mouth opening dark-deep—

like a sinkhole, or your trans lover’s eager

and previously abused mouth. Nobody

wants to be lonely, least of all me.

Maybe I am interested in clouds

because I am one, stratus sliced post-

surgery, or maybe it’s because I’m an air

sign and have been missing my family

for years, despite all their lava,

all their hot, angry fuel. My mother

is a better whistler than me, but

I think we both understand air,

and our mouths, and the best

ways to call for help. Listen,

there is a razor in the apple

and the apple is the earth. Listen,

my nightmares are dreams in which

everyone walks the same direction—

that rhythmic lockstep. Both of my

grandmothers considered abortion.

Can you imagine?

Being so close to nothing.

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