Marcy Rae Henry
THESE THINGS I KNOW TO BE TRUE
it starts like this :
: when hips no longer ache in the night
from a habit of accepting
they start to stiffen
after a long trip old things seem unfamiliar
with no one to turn their keys
wind-up toys stop moving
other ventures need solitude to begin
instinct is response to stimuli
so when she reached for me
in her car we moved together
it got deep quickly
we knew the difference between
wound (as in :
: tightly)
and wound (as in :
: painful)
quiero querer means i want to want
but could also mean i want to love
estos verbos son distintos en español :
: fuck me fuck me over fuck me over and over
when the sun peaks
a momentary glow before descent
saints don’t come marching in
but the ghosts
a blister about to burst engorges
to protect itself
not all creation starts with pain or desire
sitting on the windowsill
smoking redundantly into the rain
my body still loud
and aging like the weekend