He Says To Me: Is June A Memory? And I Say: It Is A Wound Bleeding Acutely Still, Even Though Its Victim

he says to me: ‘is june a memory?’ and i say: ‘it is a wound bleeding acutely still, even though its victim says: “i have forgotten the pain.”’

*

mahmoud darwish, the return of june

*

ada limón, after the fire

*

taylor byas, the therapist asks me, ‘what are you afraid of?

*

the terrorizers dir. edward yang

*

jane hirshfield

the most romantic thing a human being can say / to another human being is let me help you vomit. / no human being has ever said this to me / & i keep going to god too clean as though god / is frightened of muddy feet. if i am missing / a hairpin i don’t go at all. please describe / your vomiting; it is like a psalm for me / a place where wilderness might be new. / other people’s dirt makes a lovely frock. / grant i be forgiven in the gush.

*

melissa broder, waterfall