Narrow Negotiations

Poetry by Rusty Morrison

 

“Tales of Bulgaria” © SEIGAR; used by permission

Narrow Negotiations

Wet clothes on the line revolve.
A door you can’t pass. See shapes

of bodies you thought you were
in damp cotton jeans silk shirts.

Feel the person that tight-sized
clothing tells you to believe.

But she’s not there. Just behind
the glass. Even if fingers

aren’t scar tissue. Still you press
hard past sensation. The air

hurricanes but the door won’t
open an inch. Though the shape

seems to revolve. No feeling
you trust offers you access

 


Art Information

Rusty MorrisonRusty Morrison is co-publisher of Omnidawn, and her five books include After Urgency (Tupelo Press, 2012), which won the Dorset Prize, and The True Keeps Calm Biding Its Story (Ahsahta Press, 2008), winner of the Sawtooth Prize, the James Laughlin Award, the Northern California Book Award, and the DiCastagnola Award. Her book Beyond the Chainlink (Ahsahta Press, 2014) was a finalist for the Northern California Book Award. She’s currently a fellow at UC Berkeley Art Research Center’s Poetry and the Senses Program.

For more information, visit Rusty Morrison’s website or follow her on Twitter @Whethering.

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