no more writing
about the window
equal to a mirror only
one-way vanity
i want to be the window
i want to be clear
like the water in my
perfect bath
was i wrong to
ask her to lower her voice
i trembled through my chest
each vibration an exclamation
you’re not there, you’re not here
she was raised in a police state
she told me, she was 62, she said
i refuse to be sick a minute longer
it’s hard must be my
catch phrase; hunter, that’s me.
how can both be both be both
Kalliopi Mathios lives in Brooklyn, NY, and is a poet, librarian, and Editor of White Rabbit, an imprint of Civil Coping Mechanisms. She curates the Blackmail reading series at Mellow Pages Library, and is the author of Horsegirl (Plain Wrap Press, 2014).
