Dialogue Publication
I was published in Calvin University's literary journal Dialogue. Because they don't publish them online, I wanted to put them on my blog.
Anniversary
A year after we
looked for a comet
you had a migraine.
I massaged your
temples as you
drifted in and out
of consciousness.
Now you have
wires attached
to your head
to measure how hard
you’re thinking.
I kiss you to see
what happens.
Forest, Forest
When the mute swan,
glum as a night-cap,
was brought to America
to dot the ponds of the rich,
they escaped. I speak with
the leader of the revolt.
He can only hiss and snort
with his vocal cords but I hear him
like a toddler whispering in my ear.
The behavior of M. Swann the elder
tells me it was hell in the well-manicured water.
He takes me to the forest where they fled.
Again he dips into the lake where
something inside him lets loose,
pulls me under.