Richard Siken
Dirty Valentine
Richard Siken
There are so many things I’m not allowed to tell you.
I touch myself, I dream.
Wearing your clothes or standing in the shower for over an hour, pretending
that this skin is your skin, these hands your hands,
these shins, …
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Planet of Love
Richard Siken
Imagine this:
You’re driving.
The sky’s bright. You look great.
In a word, in a phrase, it’s a movie,
you’re the star,
so smile for the camera, it’s your big scene,
you know your lines.
I’m the …
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Litany in Which Certain Things Are Crossed Out
Richard Siken
Every morning the maple leaves.
Every morning another chapter where the hero shifts
from one foot to the other. Every morning the same big
and little words all spelling out desire, all spelling out
You will be alone always and …
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Birds Hover The Trampled Field
Richard Siken
I saw them hiding in the yellow field, crouching low
in the varnished dark. I followed them pretending
they were me because they were. I wanted to explain
myself to myself in an understandable way. I gave
shape to my fears and …
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