"Thinking about You and Sitting on the Floor of the Kitchen" by JC Andrews

Thinking about You and Sitting on the Floor of the Kitchen

                                           I want     to hear 
                              the scream of     a harmonica when I smell 
                                      your hair     you go 
                                   all over me     past 
                                 where there     is 
                                              were     or will be my 
                                           twelve     favorite 
                                                           part 
  
                                           hearts 
                                 glimmering     of the 
                          guardian angels     whole 
                          left on the table     damn 
                                      this long     day 
                                            damn     this slow 
                                              June     purple 
                                              with     light 
                                          no one     carries 
                                              well  

                                                           with 
                                                not     hands 
                                                you     touched 
                                                but     with  
                                        the eyes     the wild moons 
                                   in my head     in your head 
                                         so tired     and 
                                  ready to eat     I forgive 
                                                    them  
 

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JC Andrews is a lesbian poet from Springfield, Arkansas. Her work can be found in Gulf Coast, The Massachusetts Review, Waxwing, and elsewhere. Her debut collection, Of an Ilk, was a finalist for the 2024 National Poetry Series and won the 2026 Yale Series of Younger Poets competition. It will be published with Yale University Press in April 2027. Her chapbook, TRILLION AMBER TRUMPETS, will be published with Sibling Rivalry Press in April 2026.

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