Late Summer Pantoum
i knew right then that this would change me would make me tender again my ribcage, a mountain side opening wind pushing through earth would make me tender again you arrived a burning morning sky wind pushing through earth opened my heart with your fist you arrived, a burning morning sky we met in late summer opened my heart with your fist the season, coveting us in her heat we met in late summer my ribcage, a mountain side opening the season coveting us in her heat i knew right then that this would change me
Audio: mai c. doan reads “Late Summer Pantoum”
mai c. doan is a writer, facilitator, & community grief care practitioner. she is the author of water/tongue, a 2020 Lambda Literary Award Finalist in Bisexual Poetry. mai lives in Albuquerque, NM with her dog, Story, where they make home with the mountains and the moon.
I love this Mae! 🤜🏽💗