There’s a tree branch pressed against your window:
leaves flexed up, muscular and persistent.
Roots sunk deep into the marshy clay
sucking fecundity upwards, persisting, breathe.

You’ve still juice; nature’s sorcery agrees.
When I see you, cologne boils to steam
and we vibrate in harmony with bliss. Swollen
with major chords, a cacophonous deliciousness.

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Louise Carter

Summer 2015

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