Prelude to Bruise by Saeed Jones

Author:Saeed Jones [Jones, Saeed]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781566893848
Publisher: Coffee House Press

IV.

Before he leaves, I tell him about a girl running

through a grove. She trips, gets up just in time. The ground is so unkind

laughs the god chasing her. But she’s calling out now.

You won’t have me. Like it’s already over, like she knows.

She stands her ground and leaves weave into her hair. Her skin tans,

then cracks open into bark. And in the branches

of her raised arms, birds.

BLUE PRELUDE

Last night, the ceiling above me ached

with dance. Music dripped down the walls

like rain in an old house. My eyes followed

the couple’s steps from one corner

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