Here, stick out your wrist
so I can put my lips there.
Unfold these events just in time
or in no time at all.
There’s a piece of mirror in the sky,
watch out, everyone’s following it
with their own
advice and anger—it shouldn’t be there…
no one invited it here in the blue…
how come it’s not in my yard?
What is it?
It’s your exhaustive will.
What is it?
Pray for it now honey…
Pray the future doesn’t turn
us into blank motions
while others marvel at the stars.
Karen Nystrom
Karen Nystrom is a poet and playwright living in Ellison Bay, WI. Her poems have appeared in 8142 Review, The Denver Quarterly, The Harvard Review, Indiana Review, and others. She has an MFA from Vermont College and is currently looking for a theater for her most recent play, 7 TEETH: A Northwoods Farce.
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