in this
pearl-sized room
on the
soft mattress
in this
sand and concrete
this
beige blur
i find
rest within my resting
in an old
friend’s bed
when I
wake up to the dim
and
grainy morning
his body
is still warm
he
embraces himself
like a
flowerbud
and when
I wake up again
i’m small
and careless
in my
white sheets
wilted as
old rose petals
in the
unrelenting sun
Natalie Jane Edson is a
queer poet and computer programmer based in Portland, Oregon. She has a B.A. in
Applied Mathematics from the University of Oregon and approaches her work with
the interdisciplinary in mind. Her artistic practice centers around process—a
mix of algorithm, iteration, divination and letting the subconscious mind speak
for itself. She published a chapbook, BALACLAVA, in June 2019 and is
currently working on her debut full-length manuscript.
the Tuesday
poem is curated by rob mclennan
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