from Testimonial by Claudia Rankine

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In this bed, a man on his back, his eyes graying blue.
It is hurricane season. Sparrows flying in, out the wind.
His lips receiving. He is shore. The Atlantic rushing.
Clouds opening in the late June storm. This,
as before, in the embrace that takes all my heart.
Imagine his unshaven face, his untrimmed nails, as all

the hurt this world could give.

Comments

[bennmorland.livejournal.com]

Are you able to post this in its entirety? I'm very much adoring the imagery.

[chibibluebird.livejournal.com]

This is all I have typed up, but it's from her collection The End of the Alphabet.

[glass-doll.livejournal.com]

i adore it