Lauren Suchenski
So the slick fog of the world dissolves;
buttercream snow plasters the asphalt,
the frozen grass, the plated gold braids
of a winter that has tied itself around my waist;
bound to the memories of what has
tattooed itself across the thin faded lines
of my skin; gentle february and the crack
of your voice emanating from behind a door;
pressed, pressing, possessing,
mineyours and everything soft in the world
slipped together like a promise;
the end of my fingertips, a map of your bones;
lost and found and the firmament of your arms
captured in collusion; in blissful recompense,
in the full crash of your seismic activity;
all fumbled together in blue sheets
all woven together; perpetuity in the details
perpetuity in the fine print,
in the unspoken contract i will always uphold
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LAUREN SUCHENSKI has a difficult relationship with punctuation. She has been nominated twice for the Pushcart Prize and four times for The Best of the Net. Her full-length collection “All You Can Measure” (2022) as well as a chapbook “Full of Ears and Eyes Am I” (2017) is available from Finishing Line Press. Another chapbook “All Atmosphere” is also available from Selcouth Station (2022). You can find more of her writing on Instagram @lauren_suchenski or on Twitter @laurensuchenski.
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