know cannot I
end will this how
both are we though
air different in breathing
flesh different of planets
stop won’t I
hand my holding
you toward
اهال وسهال
people upon come have you
family like are who
space open this
space this open
you welcome I that
away turn to
stay to wish you unless
shoes your remove and rest
speak your into lean we
slake to drink tender
eat to fullness and
end the are you
beginning my of
of beginning the
end my
From Fugitive/Refuge by Philip Metres. Copyright © 2024 by Philip Metres. Reprinted with the permission of The Permissions Company, LLC, on behalf of Copper Canyon Press.