In
a Dream Yesterday These Are the Words she
whispered
to her lover
don’t be shocked,
love,
blood coats as a room coats furniture
pay attention Gemini owls
night’s cautionary tale
hands/breasts how a woman is known
the hummingbird sucks brugmansia
every chance it gets
memory an elixir light never sips
what do you want to forget
I forgive you
rub a promise against another
you think you’re capable out-swimming fish
eyes lock into words roots
your body
my fingers sticky with
your name
—Kit Kennedy
