Divine Dirt Quarterly

by Zachary Bush

 

On

many nights, such as tonight, I think

about

this slum­ber­ing energy curled

against

me. I play God, and then wonder

what

her life would be like today had she

decided

not to trust that underneath

my

cig­a­rettes, liquor, and selfishness,

hid

her true har­mo­niz­ing energy,

a

man who would present her with the way

to

explore both sick­ness and silent sounds:

watch out, my

Love, now I can smell your dreams

all those places

where I’ve never been,

where a kiss is

no greater than a slap

oh,

I’m swirling energy, whispering.

 

Zachary C. Bush is author of three books of poetry: The Silence of Sick­ness (Gold

Wake Press, 2010), At Swan Decap­i­ta­tion (VOX Press, 2010), and Angles of Disorder

(BlazeVOX books, 2009. He is also the author of nine chap­books includ­ing, Spin and

Is This Deformed? (Kendra Steiner Edi­tions, 2009-10). By May of 2010 he will have

com­pleted his MFA in Cre­ative Writ­ing from the City Col­lege of New York. He teaches

Eng­lish Lit­er­a­ture and Writ­ing around the NYC aca­d­e­mic scene. He and his lady live

in Jer­sey City. Bush is 26.