Rush, Brian Koester

Dale Champlin, Aphrodite Stacked, Collage, 2021

 


Rush

 

If I drive you
into the ground
a living stake
maybe
a rose
will grow
with flaming flowers
and loud thorns
that catch and rip
            anything
            anywhere
near

If I lift you
up to the sun
a clear jewel
maybe
light
will bring me
to flickering life
and burn away
the crust and stain
that clutch and sting
            even space
            even thought

If you fly with me
over frigid seas
where auroras shine
I will offer
my blood
to put right
maybe
a decaying fragrance
of spruce trees
and expansive knives
that rush and twist
            into the hippocampus
            into the amygdala
nearer to me
than my own
heart

_______________________
Brian Koester

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