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Triumphant glossary
these sun-slung houses
all in a row
pretty, pretty teeth
standard of beauty
I am never
saying anything
new
Instead i break
like sunset
the moment it decides
2 stop speaking
for God
post storm
recompense
i am reminded
of veins
in the most intimate
places
little River
sludge
silt to heart
And
like
haven’t i wanted
wholeness?
a family ?
an ownership
to call
my own ?
once upon a time
there was a Dick
inside me
& it left
an Itch
that mosquito poison
everything new
was given over
everything new
was lost
lost
lost
i give the sun a minute
before it croaks
falls away
I give myself Happiness
a little rock
to kick
in the road
grace (ge) gilbert's recent micro, poetics, & lyric essays can/will be found in the Adroit Journal, Hobart, Ninth Letter, Pithead Chapel, the Offing, the minnesota review, Gargoyle, DIALOGIST, the Penn Review, Maudlin House, and others. Her digital micro-chap, 'no sharp things' can be found in NAILED. She is an MFA candidate at the University of Pittsburgh where she consumes unholy amounts of cheese and dumplings. Peruse her work on her website-- gracegegilbert.com, or follow her on Twitter @geg2us.