waterlogged august - issue 4 - If Water Were Like Stealing
 

If Water Were Like Stealing
after reading Donkey Gospel

Sometimes I wish everything
functioned like water

so I could put a finger
in your face and ripple you

into twisted circles. I’m sorry.
That was inappropriate I’m sure—

I think a little too much
of myself when I read poetry

because I’m hoping what is written
magically transfers like a reflection

onto my writing ability
as if reading were copying

as if poetry made water blue.