dog: BARK
me (with the same tone and volume): WHAT
me (with the same tone and volume): WHAT
go through things. grow through things.
You came to the side of the bed
and sat staring at me.
Then you kissed me—I felt
hot wax on my forehead.
I wanted it to leave a mark:
that’s how I knew I loved you.
Because I wanted to be burned, stamped,
to have something in the end—
and sat staring at me.
Then you kissed me—I felt
hot wax on my forehead.
I wanted it to leave a mark:
that’s how I knew I loved you.
Because I wanted to be burned, stamped,
to have something in the end—
Louise Glück, from “Marathon,” in The Triumph of Achilles
…he said loudly “I am not dying” and I said “for me you are.”
You see,” she said, “your first love isn’t the first person you give your heart to—it’s the first one who breaks it.
I burned so long and so quiet, you must have wondered
if I loved you back. I did, I did, I do.
if I loved you back. I did, I did, I do.
Annelyse Gelman, from “The Pillowcase”
