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Melissa Stein: “Bind”

May 23, 2018 by PBQ Leave a Comment

He had no idea
what I constructed for us
in the dark
how my head bent down
or tipped back,
what ugly words I made of it.
There was a tree
a vine wrapped around
until it bowed the tree,
there was a rock
creekwater wore
to slickest organ.
I will carry this lust
a thousand years.
He will bend to it
and stoop to it
and never guess
the magnet.

Filed Under: Issue 97

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