11/25/2020 Poetry by C.L. Taylor Sano Rin CC IN THE AFTER In the after, I wade through warm waters unconcerned, now, with other matters, until I find the flow of you—the yes and the no of you-- the light & the dark of you, in all the ways you tremble & shake, in the gentle give & the craving make. I grin: a fool, an idiot twirling and demanding the world unclench and unfurl, to match this joy, my joy, our joy. to fill my ears with music: your voice, your laughter, your breath. How you linger, with me, In the after. TIMESTAMP I am never nearer you Than this moment, The clicking on a message SENT 0 MINUTES AGO I cannot read these words, I cannot see you through the letters. I do not want your putting Together of nouns & adverbs & adjectives—your grammar, clever. I want the flesh & the blood of you. I want the delicate, tender fumbling of you, the heat and chill of you, the long & lean of you. The rest? The rest will keep, darling. The rest will wait, lovely. Extend your arms & in our embrace make those memories that illicit the blush, that solicit your repose. It’ll wait. It’ll keep. For now, I’ll find you buried in my sleep, made lousy with the days between. And so, I read & reread, making do with every noun & adverb & adjective, like seeds, chosen haphazardly or with great care? SENT 1 HOUR AGO SENT 1 WEEK AGO And so, you linger, and I am never any nearer. C.L. Taylor (she/her, they/them) is a Pacific Northwest-based BIPOC LGBTQ+ artist/writer whose work has appeared in Typehouse Literary Magazine, Kaaterskill Basin Literary Journal, Versification, and anthologies by Brisk Publications and Alyson Publications. In her spare time, she chases mindfulness and often falls asleep in savasana pose. More info can be found at: https://www.spectaylor.com or, on Twitter: @ctaylor.
Susan Kay Anderson
12/5/2020 10:43:15 pm
Lots of good energy here and joy! Thanks. 12/6/2020 03:38:08 pm
Thank you, Susan! I'm glad you liked it. Thank you for reading. Comments are closed.
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