To Float Like a Young Child Would and other poems

Zachary C. Bush

To Float Like a Young Child Would Tired of the kitchen heat; you pinch Your nose and suck in a deep breath Pull your legs together, tight near the knees And step off from the edge of the counter And into the dark sea Below the kitchen floor. Look-there! Beside you, schools of fish Flutter by in a melding shimmer of colors: Red, green, yellow, gold, metallic silver And a hundred shades of blue. The fish wall waves Rainbow bellies, like the quilt that hangs From the clothesline outside your house, in the garden, In the sea is a patch of coral reef Like a rare coin sitting in the hull of a sunken ship. You stop and paddle your feet, entranced by Layer upon layer of elegance nearly Blinding you, like those pictures of Marilyn Monroe before she killed herself.

You Were So Quick To Learn Spanish My dearest, dearest Deb…again… The situation would appear as if, well, It is now safe to say; listen, I know. I know, ok? Jacob woke me this morning At 4:32, he said, Zachary (and) buddy, She’s not looking back. I heard. Surprise! I heard your flight being called from the curb. No delays-- I will be OK, truly. Enjoy San José and send my regards to… Guillermo, Miguel, or is his name Pedro?

If, and when, the Junk dries up then I will run out into the darkness looking for you that is… if you could make me alright baby then I would suck you-off from the bottom of a silver spoon and into the belly of a wide-body syringe stabbing the needle- point deep into my eye pushing the liquid flushes through me then I might better breathe maybe exist in this skin

 

Zachary C. Bush, 24, is a writer of poetry, prose, interviews, and book-reviews. His creative work has appeared in over two dozen literary journals, with more to come in GHOTI, Calliope Nerve, The Orange Room Review, Zygote in my Coffee, Debris, and VOX. He is also the author of two chapbooks: Outside the Halfway House (Scintillating Publications: 2007), and We Swallow(ed) Spiders in our Sleep (Pudding House Publications: 2007), and a third chapbook through Kendra Steiner Editions: expected in late 2007. ZCB is the new co-editor of poetry at Thieves Jargon (www.thievesjargon.com) and an operative member of the Guerilla Poetics Project (www.guerillapoetics.com).

Photo "Fly Atop the Hydrant" by Bella Dante.

 

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