The moon croons ghost
& curtains lift
Into the room magic & shine
The moon sings
Light of pinball machines
Over the skin
Of the world
The moon whispers pretty pretty
Pleads for you
The moon croons lost & stare
A hole in it stare
It whole
Lovedusted new each
Opening time each
Moth-thin page
Each dark glowing flesh
Pity those that die the moon sings
The moon whispers
Without dynamite the moon
Pleads the bathtub filled the moon
Bellows bubbleslick
Bawls glory glory
With blood
The moon croons let me
Cover you the moon sings who
Is inside you the moon whispers
Did you hear
Something out there out
There what will you say to them
When I’m gone?
Copyright © 2014 Alex Lemon. “The Wish Book” originally appeared in The Wish Book (Milkweed Editions, 2014). Reprinted with permission of the author.