From Nerve Cowboy #14 Fall 2002

 

 

REPLY TO MY EX

 

Kell Robertson

 

Crack of dawn

and I'm up in

the blood of christ

mountains, burning

my lip on a tin cup

full of boiled

coffee...Grounds

in my teeth.

Your letter made me cry

so I built this fire

with it. The one warm

thing you ever did

for me rises

with the smoke

and vanishes

into this false dawn.

 

Next time you write

send me some matches.

 

 

 

 

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