fragmented love poem #5
I love you in my
ambulance way
sirens flashing like
modern candlelight
neck shimmering
like half a radio
-
this is my battered
valentine, my sad
version of prayer
my excuse for a
flare gun when
it’s just too dark
Love at zero gravity
g, you’ve conquered my will
only my hair grows, the pitter-patter of lust, everywhere
the scent of survival
when it’s this placebo
I love so.
Peter Schwartz’s poetry has been featured in The Collagist, The Columbia Review, Diagram, and Opium Magazine. His latest collection, Old Men, Girls, and Monsters, is slowly making its way towards you. He’s an interviewer for the PRATE Interview Series, a regular contributor to The Nervous Breakdown, and the art editor for DOGZPLOT.
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