there exists a picture
to remember
her by
 
eyes glazed over
and her lax
mouth
 
another pulls her to the edge
so he can sink it in
deeper
 
moths
and flames
 
moths and
flames
 
talks about bands and
talks about
art

proclamations that her poems prove
how intensely that she
loves
 
the same thing what draws them in
the reason they will
leave 


About Miriam Matzeder


Miriam lives and works in Kansas City, Missouri, where she's been writing since she was a confused adolescent. Not much has changed.