Kate Behrens
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Two poems by Kate Behrens
Photo by 青 晨 on Unsplash CT Scan When x-rayed in slices, at least an idea of wholeness shrinks into blatant meat: bone, blood, thickenings and masses, shunted back and forth. Once, you smelt how surgical holes in childish skin reduced us to mortal. Fascinating raw depths: but…
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Three poems by Kate Behrens
Dream Lover Next to a Spanish river, I tell him my body is ruined. Not existing, he doesnʼt mind: I like your differences. With metallic water, time unravels blue streets, silver mohicans ‒ theyʼre palm trees − behind them, tall town houses of the belonging children. Be careful what you wish…