{"id":13430,"date":"2021-03-13T19:49:10","date_gmt":"2021-03-13T17:49:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/egophobia.ro\/?p=13430"},"modified":"2021-03-14T19:51:29","modified_gmt":"2021-03-14T17:51:29","slug":"poems-by-robert-beveridge-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/egophobia.ro\/?p=13430","title":{"rendered":"poems by Robert Beveridge"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last Night<\/strong><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

We curled around one another<\/p>\n

and let the night drift<\/p>\n

in through the window<\/p>\n

and wash over us<\/p>\n

watched the lights go out<\/p>\n

one by one. Soon<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

we were alone in the darkness<\/p>\n

and we kissed.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

One Final Elegy for Laura<\/strong><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

What little self-respect<\/p>\n

you garnered<\/p>\n

from sex with your pusher<\/p>\n

died<\/p>\n

after the 57th<\/sup> trackmark<\/p>\n

formed on your arm<\/p>\n

a little gas station money<\/p>\n

did what spreading your legs used to<\/p>\n

and you can still get high<\/p>\n

without his cock in you<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

quick\u2014out of state<\/p>\n

he won’t be able to find you<\/p>\n

in Ohio<\/p>\n

and you got a friend there<\/p>\n

who’ll put you up<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

that last Esso station<\/p>\n

clerk said he’d give you money<\/p>\n

to fuck him<\/p>\n

so you started the tricks<\/p>\n

it’s like gas stations<\/p>\n

but no one gets hurt<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

dumb 17-year-old<\/p>\n

blowjobs twenty bucks a pop<\/p>\n

she made enough<\/p>\n

one night<\/p>\n

to buy too much<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

end of story<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Overeating at the Devil’s Buffet<\/strong><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Lavender stuffed in the turkey<\/p>\n

skin, broccoli and onions<\/p>\n

minced into a stuffing for acorn<\/p>\n

squash. This country is unfamiliar<\/p>\n

with cheese, but almonds<\/p>\n

suffice in a pinch. Every bean<\/p>\n

is a different color and the mustard<\/p>\n

is ground with cornflower<\/p>\n

to get that perfect blue.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

The guests arrive, eyes<\/p>\n

dead, cupcake frosting<\/p>\n

on their fingers. The ma\u00eetre d\u2019<\/p>\n

shows them to the back<\/p>\n

room. Wine is poured,<\/p>\n

thick, clotted. The speeches<\/p>\n

are only moments away.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

The Scars on Your Wrist Tell the same Damn Tale Every Day<\/strong><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

two more pounds<\/p>\n

of ice lowered<\/p>\n

onto your back.<\/p>\n

you ask<\/p>\n

for a cigarette<\/p>\n

break.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Waiting<\/strong><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Maybe, in some other world, we’re together.<\/p>\n

Here in America, we wait, miles apart,<\/p>\n

for the moment we can first touch,<\/p>\n

the first meeting<\/p>\n

of fingers and tongues.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

My hand on the phone caresses you<\/p>\n

my voice washes you clean<\/p>\n

like a baby in the River Styx.<\/p>\n

Relax, close your eyes<\/p>\n

and let me whisper in your ear<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

we’ll be together soon<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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