EMILY AS THE FIELD IS STILL A FIELD
Even if Emily is naked in the field
the worth of that dirt is determined
by the season. Though that
has never stopped me from referring
to her as the bloom, as the crop,
as the reason why all of Ohio’s two-lane
highways have been built. I know corn
is important once it’s waist-high,
but all my stories are about Emily.
EMILY AS VODKA
All of the worst stories
from rehab involved end
of the lines
with heroin, bath salts,
or vodka.
I am sober now,
but then again I put
my mouth to Emily
the same way
I used to put my mouth
on a bottle of vodka
The scar
can be a fleck of sun
if we’re all moving
at the same speed.
EMILY AS SIX OTHER COUNTIES
Winter is a myth
until it blankets you
& you are so cold
that you die warm.
