Zachary Evans
but mostly / we are happy / we dream / of turbines
Unlimited Turbines
i sit in a mountain meadow i think my deep sad thoughts
i use every part of the buffalo i use every part of my patience
i'm spotted like the patterns on a brook trout i'm the hive
mind of an aspen grove i beg for connection my boots
are impossibly practical i know which plants are poison
but i'm gonna let you guess i wanna kiss all this wind
right where it counts maybe use a little tongue maybe tell
the wind i'm pregnant despite medical opinions to the contrary
& trick the wind into a serious relationship that eventually turns
genuine when the wind sees how much i really care we buy
a condo buy a minivan the wind & i argue sometimes but mostly
we are happy we dream of turbines thrumming tensions through our
truth unlimited turbines cranking our love into something like a voice
Zachary Evans is a poetry MFA candidate at Colorado State University. He edits CALAMITY and his poems have appeared in Cloud Rodeo, Sundog Lit, APARTMENT, Fourteen Hills, Potluck Magazine, and elsewhere. He is the author of the chapbook UNLIMITED from H_NGM_N Books.