poetsandwriters: “The way it’s night for many miles, and then suddenly / it’s not,

poetsandwriters: “The way it’s night for many miles, and then suddenly / it’s not,

poetsandwriters:

“The way it’s night for many miles, and then suddenly / it’s not, it’s breakfast / and you’re standing in the shower for over an hour, / holding the bar of soap up to the light.”

—Richard Siken, from “Meanwhile” (Crush, 2005)

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Mon, 13 Feb 2017 16:30:34