Mezzanines by Matthew Olzmann

Author:Matthew Olzmann [Olzmann, Matthew]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Poetry, American, Asian American, General, Subjects & Themes, Places
ISBN: 9781948579957
Google: 4u62DwAAQBAJ
Amazon: 1882295986
Publisher: Alice James Books
Published: 2019-09-30T23:00:00+00:00

The children who chained you to the cypress tree—

say that world was enchanted, your body

was a helium balloon, and they were nothing

but tiny elves, hoping to keep you close to Earth.

Say the tumor that coiled in between your ribs

was a cream-colored trumpet lily. Say the scar

where it was plucked from you is just another map.

When your fingers trace it, you can find Georgia,

the ranch where your grandfather raised

clover bees, honey dripping from every summer.

The broken dinner plates, pieces of pearl.

The ringing phone at midnight, the voice of a lark

building a nest by your window.

The stairway your last boyfriend flung you down

was only a long dirt road, a path you followed

into the arms of whoever holds you now.

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