1 post tagged “rise up. matthew rohrer”
I am emotionally translucent.
I am on the new sofa. I am wedged
between the 2 walls of the stoop. I am
unwashed & I'm self-conscious about it.
I am not helping. I make her feel like
she's eaten a spoonful of peanut butter.
And now she's slid back into a green sleep
in early Autumn and she will escape
out the back. If only the universe
weren't shaped so much like me, I might change
my approach. I must learn to say what I
never intended to say, like John Clare.
The good news is I saw the open door
of gentle wonder, where I want to live.
--Matthew Rohrer