is invisible. A natural gas pipeline. Cables above the eyeline, carried from pylon to pylon, past the horizon...
is invisible. A natural gas pipeline. Cables above the eyeline, carried from pylon to pylon, past the horizon. Is our love the horizon? A line where the sky appears to meet the earth’s surface— which means if you are the earth, then I am the sky— which means if you are this house, then I am the house behind this house, which if we bought, I’d cut a gate into the back fence to slip through, string a long-distance tin can phone between our bedrooms.
We could whisper in the dark though you’d say nothing. I’d pretend you’re on the moon. I’d still choose to make us dinner every night. Green smoothies that you tolerate. Pasta with peas. Fried rice. We’re far from the night we kissed atop a Ferris wheel, suspended above a skyline, which beat to the blink of my pulse— but our backyards could touch. So I’d pour a glass of wine, meet you outside, where the clouds look like ocean waves at twilight, and my pool is a warm sky into which we could fly. Somehow the horizon is reversing, while you’re busy grilling beneath the globe lights, which we’ve stretched across our trees like Morse code. Later, I’d kiss you goodnight, leave you on your porch resting in the glow of your phone because I want you to go home, play piano late at night,don’t worry about the dishes. Editor’s Note: Poems are selected by Poetry Editor Lupe Mendez, the 2022 Texas poet laureate and author of Why I Am Like Tequila. To submit a poem, please send an email with the poem attached to poetry@texasobserver.org. We’re looking for previously unpublished works of no more than 45 lines by Texas poets who have not been published by the Observer in the last two years. Pay is $100 on publication.Articles must link back to the original article and contain the following attribution at the top of the story: “This article was originally published by theArticles cannot be rewritten, edited, or changed beyond alignments with house style books. Photos, illustrations, and other art may be available for syndication but must be confirmed. Emailis invisible. A natural gas pipeline. Cables above the eyeline,appears to meet the earth’s surface—then I am the house behind this house,to slip through, string a long-distance tin can phonethough you’d say nothing. I’d pretend you’re on the moon.that you tolerate. Pasta with peas. Fried rice. We’re far from the nightSo I’d pour a glass of wine, meet you outside, where the cloudsinto which we could fly. Somehow the horizonbeneath the globe lights, which we’ve stretched across our trees. We’re looking for previously unpublished works of no more than 45 lines by Texas poets who have not been published by theWhat do we owe to language in times of unimaginable violence? Poets linked to both Palestine and Texas help show us the way.
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