when you’re waiting for your check
to go through – come on over to my house
I have a prayer – I am working with a stutter
come over, take an echo bath:
share with me
come over – make it undone
make it lush – make it future
make my body a harp you
triple through – each string a joke
you quiver – your tongue a notary
over my little dreams – your tongue
the far-off calling – the sensation of
your fingers mocking me
do most people forget
it gets to be easy – what can you do
when you do not have a dollar
would you listen if I slowed down
would you forget we’re hungry
would you lozenge my body
would you bliss at me well after midnight
would you drum against my divinity
what can we do when we can’t
afford the firewood
About the Author
KP Kaszubowski (she/her/hers) is a poet, playwright, and filmmaker based out of Milwaukee, Wisconsin and Spokane, Washington where she is an MFA candidate at the Eastern Washington University creative writing program. Recent publications and projects include the poetry collection “somnieeee” (Vegetarian Alcoholic Press, 2019), “Ringolevio” (Feature Film, 2020), and collaborative chapbook DUET DUET III (pitymilk press, 2018).
