Saint Julian Press

Leslie Contreras Schwartz ~ Poet

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POSTPARTUM

 

The sinkhole grows quietly under

the bed. The baby cries weakly from fatigue,

and her cry blooms radiant into shadow

on the bedroom wall. How we watch each other

throughout the night over the dormant city. The city

and the baby rise and fall as they sleep, breathing in pockets

of air. I have seen how the kitchen knife’s edge

reflects the rooms spinning into each other, my body

in the center. How the grocery bag on the counter

trembles with the thought of holding a body’s breath.

The sinkhole craters into the chair of my body, knocking

legs into seat and back. Dear sinkhole, I say, save your glowing

edge, the thriving of your blossoming dark.

The electric swing lets out a single note

of song in the living room. It turns and turns in the bed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FUEGO by Leslie Contreras Schwartz © 2016

ISBN:  978-0-9965231-5-8

SAINT JULIAN PRESS

 

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