Monday, June 11, 2012

Sampling Sherman Alexie two

The dice rolled out of the cup like the next available table
A child in the sky with and without grace
Bodies reasonably intact like a paternity test in the soil
She held her life in her own hands as if it were a constant presence
a house guest and permanent tenant who crept around all the rooms in their shared lives...
changing their temperature
"No, no, a thousand times no," he said his hand found one truth; that gravity is overrated
the invisible clouds covered the stars
When love is to open sky as loathing is to a bridge with black water pushing against the foundations
They will have arrived