Brandi Homan

 Everything They Said Is True

I never knew it could be this good.
We had a booth with a mountain view
painted on the wood around us. Real
mountains, real lake. Pine trees, I never
believed. Look at the detail. What mossy green,
what black black. I am pregnant with them,
colors. I am not pregnant. You are beautiful.
Look at the detail. There is a rock in the distance.
There is a box with napkins on the table.
I want to write every poem I’ve ever written
​on them and name each one after you.
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Hanna’s t-shirt (black) (she’s
stacked) says Protect Me (lord)
From What I Want (of
course, lord) I think of you
(o sad) (o sack) and lord, lordy
I do. Her t-shirt (of
course, black) the only con-
clusion I come to (lack)
(fact)
(come back)


 

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Brandi Homan is the author of Bobcat Country (Shearsman, 2010) and Hard Reds (Shearsman, 2008). She is also a cofounder, with Becca Klaver and Hanna Andrews, of the feminist press Switchback Books.