| Mark Yakich |
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That hand of yours represents
An elegant route
Snowed-
Out
Where sleeves come from
Dummy
(I only want you
To love me & you)
Like a perfectly potholed surface
We are
Or a cup of wine
Crushed
Sometimes lovers lie
Together
Sometimes a lay is all
We’re good for
Mark Yakich
Poem is reprinted from Unrelated Individuals Forming a Group Waiting to Cross (National Poetry Series, Penguin 2004).
Posted on December 26, 2006 12:26 PM