This is not a poem
- This is not a poem
about longing the absence of loveor sentimentality (sentimentalitymy friend says is for people whocan’t handle real emotions) since Ithink you would hate that kind ofpoem & the O O Os I’m sosusceptible to anymore O LordO Master addresses to abstractionsI want to love & you are surely noabstraction O Love kept awakethe past two nights by a vociferousport-o-potty door the small thingsthat make me believe in God à laTherese of Lisieux the little flowerI picked for you browning awayin a mason jar sitting for weeksnow you know I love you morethan your geranium wishes for achange of scenery a bee to investigateits petals real aw shucks-likeyep even sitting down to write inthe morning is kind of like flippingomelets for you something to showoff with but you know I really do loveeggs & breakfast I know is your favorite meal [End Page 19]
Christian Detisch’s writing has appeared in the Superstition Review and Blackbird. He received his MFA in poetry from Virginia Commonwealth University, where he served as the Levis Fellow and lead copy editor for Blackbird.
