I follow my knowledge to neck
solar plexus waist spoon-hips
pale thighs. And so follows the
sun in hasty afterwards.
A small opacity of lies
between our bodies: mine &
theirs & rayoflight’s. When I
bow service in the shadow of
our name we drapes me in their
clothing. When I kiss their feet
they render us a broken prince.
Pronouns are erotic, though
this is difficult to notice
still harder to admit: I: am:
I: a narrow panic, lightness
tightened to a throaty vowel.
This, I am told, her body
does, spoons favor from my
open mouth. Snaps elastics
of my flesh. I do not want to
know anymore, third penitent
in the booth of our name. But
my sun is just a star, turning
at the horror of our closeness.
[sarah] cavar is the author of Failure to Comply (featherproof books, 2024) and Differential Diagnosis (Northwestern University Press, 2026). They edit manywor(l)ds.place, and have had work featured in Electric Lit, The Rumpus, Split Lip Magazine, and elsewhere. Cavar holds a PhD in Cultural Studies from the University of California: Davis, and is a professor of interdisciplinary studies at the University of Maine: Augusta. WEB BSKY NEWSLETTER
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