I will draw to ravens: 5 poems for Brooke Marie
“Raven was the one who brought light to the darkness”
Miwok Myth
One
My life is a LOVE letter home
caught in a dust devil
spinning wildly.
My hopes have been
mistreated by the waitress
with the bad hip
Our loves wear us
out till we are born
again in our
weariness —
that’s when
I saw you dancing
in the Laundromat
and called you out.
Two
If you open your dress
I will draw two ravens
on your breasts
and a 100 psalms
on your belly.
If you wear me
wear me passionate.
In the space where we
love, sparrows have nested.
The tide has risen;
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poem by Christopher Anthony Leibow
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