clove of garlic, yellow juice, fingers
forgotten, sleeping beauties, pyrite’s
many-faced shine, daffodil head in full
bloom, wind-heavy seed, blood clot, lip,
thick tongue, red name, yogurt tampon,
popcorn kernel not yet popped, blonde
hair from a roommates head, cottage
cheese discharge, house on the prairie,
dog bark & all, new couch, lost rubber,
highlighter, broom stick, brush handle,
cucumber—
you: wizard pussy, you—puss of charms,
well-read puss, uncomplaining puss, soldier puss,
miracle fruit, weathering all my experiments.
you cast your spells & the infection is gone,
you cast your spells & my body lives,
you cast your spells & another doesn’t
grow inside of it, pussy of marvels,
shrine I take for granted, shrine
I don’t deserve, but who blesses me
always, always.