Body Wants
salt
violet scabbing on ankle backs
magnetism
a love note carved into ancient stone
rice pudding
cot or other such pillowified flats
static shock kisses
archaeologists found the message on accident
sunburn
soil
stings
they had been looking for a king
repairmen
marble
help
they didn’t have anyone on the expedition who spoke the language
blood sliding down my shin
becoming uncouth
unbecoming couth
the call back to headquarters was tense
another ear
a third eye
extra hands
perhaps on account of not being able to tell that the letter was love and not other
maybe a cleaver
not-yet-frozen ice
sipping
maybe they expected a declaration of war
bags
crunchy scarlet leaves
burning at the swallow
maybe they were surprised to find a sedentary declaration of longing
Lexi Rosen is a queer Greek American writer from the Chicagoland Area. She serves as Editor-in-Chief and Poetry Editor of Silly Goose Press, and her work can be found or is forthcoming from The Writer’s Chronicle, Midwest Review, Wildroof Journal, Outskirts Literary Journal, Maudlin House, HAD, and others. She studied Fiction at The University of Redlands and holds a dual-genre MFA in Fiction and Poetry from The Vermont College of Fine Arts.
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