She has an orphic goiter
and a mouse
tied to her wrist
with dental floss.
Pressing two fingers
to her carotid prune
she prophesied
what he already knew
but wanted to hear
from another person
she said,
“you know,”
and then she left him
in the forest
that was once
a sewer.
Sometimes he thinks
he can feel
her voice
reaching inside him,
his throat burning
like an oil fire
deep inside
an abandoned mine.
He dreams of meeting
this woman
that has never been
apart from him,
he dreams there will be
an end
to prophesy
when he awakens.
2 comments:
That second stanza is so striking! I like the complication of +/-'s.
forest> sewer, absence< presence. but then being in the forest is almost more painful because it's both better and alone. ?! --sarah g.
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