1.09.2021

boys who howl into the trees at 2 a.m. infect my window while I sleep

The echoes of sirens and cicadas, 
and the drunk boys who howl 
into the trees at 2 a.m. infect 
my window while I sleep, 
and I’m pulled into a girl I once was, 
calling for love into a sky transected 
by power lines until sunset when the town 
tightened into itself. I prayed for a boy’s 
wolf life, the dream of skulking along 
streets with hunger and immunity. 
I wanted to cup the moon’s curve 
in my hand like it belonged to me, 
that was how young I was. 
 

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