Aubade 4×4
The rain is lost
to fractures
in the pavement, and
the horizon bulges
with irrevocable distance
I come out of a dark room
with the latency of a swampy dream
of a confined space, of a dirty
empty cup
a dim begin of day
with kettle-eyed filmy sweat
I pretend not to notice
the cat licked the yogurt
while I retrieved the toast
and eat it anyway
You have my word
and I want it back
Ellen Sander, a rock and roll heart, was Poet Laureate of Belfast, Maine in 2013 and 2014. Her current poetry chapbook, Hawthorne, a House in Bolinas, is published by Finishing Line Press. Aquifer will be published by Red Bird Chapbooks. More importantly, the cat is sprawled out over everything important on the desk – snoring – and that’s how the day is going.
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