This, Winter

Busy the hands with backgammon,
tell me about the year.

The wifely chamomile and Klonopin
no help, have a saltine.

This is to say, I understand.
Once submersible, I am now a buoy.

Fatigue is the new normal.

Credit

From In an Invisible Glass Case Which Is Also a Frame (Four Way Books, 2019) by Julia Guez. Copyright © 2019 Julia Guez. Used with the permission of the Permissions Company, LLC, on behalf of Four Way Books.

Author

Julia Guez

Julia Guez is the author of the certain body (Four Way Books, 2022) and In an Invisible Glass Case Which Is Also a Frame (Four Way Books, 2019). Along with Samantha Zighelboim, she is the translator of Luis Chaves’s Equestrian Monuments (After Hours Editions, 2022).

Date Published

01/01/2019