Amorak Huey
Say Moon One More Time
Say moon one more time. Say
mouth and sky and swoon.
I would ask you to sing me to sleep
but then I might sleep
away the few hours we have --
it’s unfair, it’s always been so,
seconds slipping from our fingers
like silk from a shoulder
leaving us alone in this skin
touching like strangers
in a moonlit field of snow,
a bliss so pure it could be
mistaken for sadness.
Say moon one more time. Say
mouth and sky and swoon.
I would ask you to sing me to sleep
but then I might sleep
away the few hours we have --
it’s unfair, it’s always been so,
seconds slipping from our fingers
like silk from a shoulder
leaving us alone in this skin
touching like strangers
in a moonlit field of snow,
a bliss so pure it could be
mistaken for sadness.
To the Elderly Couple Making Out in a Red Toyota Prius in the Parking Lot of Home Depot
Goddamn right the errands can wait.
Goddamn right the errands can wait.
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Amorak Huey is author of four books of poems including Dad Jokes from Late in the Patriarchy (Sundress, 2021). Co-founder with Han VanderHart of River River Books, Huey teaches at Bowling Green State University in Ohio. He also is co-author with W. Todd Kaneko of the textbook Poetry: A Writer’s Guide and Anthology (Bloomsbury, 2018).
Amorak Huey is author of four books of poems including Dad Jokes from Late in the Patriarchy (Sundress, 2021). Co-founder with Han VanderHart of River River Books, Huey teaches at Bowling Green State University in Ohio. He also is co-author with W. Todd Kaneko of the textbook Poetry: A Writer’s Guide and Anthology (Bloomsbury, 2018).