Contributions by Russell Evatt
Of the Past, I Have Only Hints
When you wanted to draw the curtains
but were too consumed
by your nakedness to rise
and I, politely refusing for the same reason,
stared at your ear as your head
shaded my eyes from the morning light,
I thought of the dent…
The Lies, Example for Restraint
The Lies
In Sumerian poetry,
there are always lovers.
Sometimes a deity
engaging a deity,
or perhaps a human,
who is to say? The lover
could be king or shepherd,
answering pleas of
bring…