Tuesday, August 19, 2025

Maria A. Arana

Winter Wind


like the cold coffee stirred awake

by the grinder

 

like the mutilated body preserved by the last snow fall

by the park oak tree

 

like the invisible air rustling the leaves for a dance

and making the paper roll on the street

 

only to stop near the sludge of trash after the rain

cold

 

a vision one swallows in heart and thought

the job must be done

 

the reason discovered

as the day he left you


 

 

First Car

 

indigo blue night

inner tan skin crush

revved horsepower

metal dashing winding streets

compliments revolution

remove the anonymous

ground you into idleness

bring freedom from work strain

until white marks stained 


 

 

Tango Dream

 

I’m not letting go

not for the hundredth time

this is the new wrap around

my finger

my leg

curled around your neck

keeping you locked in place

letting the years together

burn a hole through these binds

 

no

I’m not letting go

this is the new wrap around

sliding glutes

pressing joints

missing lips

this is the vault

my heart drums to its beat

tick tock

the years pass

and your neck

impression of a tire track

 

no

I’m not letting go

not for the hundredth time

I’ve watched you walk out

made my life a brittle landscape

now shaping your neck

this is the new wrap around

coiled phoenix serpent

made for memory’s brand

burning the cracks already present

legs changing position

arms extend away from warm hands

sweat covers the skin

like dew

after the wrapping

 

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