12/14/2017 Poetry by Robert CarrConvalescent Pavement seams in garden brick blister with moss A handsome intruder between blocks Suspended in yesterday’s rain I recline under a blanket of lilacs hold a hand mirror and a pin drain cankers lining my mouth The ooze – body honey I stick the point in an island of moss The release something green A burst of spore tells me what to feel Like Nowhere Else Provincetown 1985-2017 A thin, unblemished boy, pretty space between lips, young enough to curl under any raised wing. Beard-burned mouth sucking toward a swallow in Race Point nests. So many profiles in dune, visible from the sea. Short hairs cling damp to the divot of my chest – I catch your unbuttoned eye in blue harbor storm. We gloss the liquid spelling of names, language of sweat, a razor burn beneath balls. A first crust, imperfection on a neck. Sandiest shine, fist of corn silk separated from scalp. On Commercial, flags flap above metal beds, blessings of the fleet. The red-spotted bill of a gull, a forgotten cue as grey wing-feather settles into ground. Why does periwinkle shadow climbing a grassy hill off Cemetery Road smell of blue cornflower, my youth at a tilt? Beneath pine boards silvered survivors stroke. Tarred hands cling to pylon, maintained bodies wrapped in parchment, a repeat visitor walks in latex pitch. Please just let me bury my face in the round of your body hum that muffled sound the woodwind of your marrow just let me arch in the crossed patterns of your hand ![]() Bio: Robert Carr is the author of "Amaranth" a chapbook published in 2016 by Indolent Books and a 2017 Pushcart Prize nominated poet. His poetry has appeared in Arts & Understanding Magazine, Bellevue Literary Review, Kettle Blue Review, Radius Literary Magazine, Pretty Owl Poetry and other publications. He lives with his husband Stephen in Malden, Massachusetts and serves as an associate poetry editor for Indolent Books. He is also deputy director for the Bureau of Infectious Disease and Laboratory Sciences at the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. Poetry, book reviews, and upcoming events can be found at robertcarr.org. Comments are closed.
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