{"id":973,"date":"2024-07-31T21:10:15","date_gmt":"2024-08-01T02:10:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sagebrushreview.org\/wordpress\/?p=973"},"modified":"2024-08-04T11:30:39","modified_gmt":"2024-08-04T16:30:39","slug":"gods-in-ruin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sagebrushreview.org\/wordpress\/2024\/07\/gods-in-ruin\/","title":{"rendered":"Gods In Ruin"},"content":{"rendered":"

 <\/p>\n

I.<\/span><\/p>\n

Your hips are an orchard, where I put my lips,<\/span><\/p>\n

teeth, and tongue to the fruit that ripens with our heat.<\/span><\/p>\n

My mouth seeks honey with apples as if it\u2019s\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0the new year and I\u2019ve<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

already begun to celebrate. Holy,<\/span><\/p>\n

holy and graceful, the prize of your fingers\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

on my hidden harbor. I drown willingly<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0in your wine dark sea.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Watch how we move our mouths. Like gods in ruin,\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

we tremble, tremor, tumble from the altars.<\/span><\/p>\n

Gather me up with blood reddened hyacinths\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0sacred to Venus.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

My chest blooms with violets. Yours is a meadow\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

of pink clover, drawing the bees. Desire<\/span><\/p>\n

is a nightingale\u2019s voice hanging the full moon\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0as high as you wish.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

II.<\/span><\/p>\n

an orchard,\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0I fruit, ripen\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0wine dark\u00a0 \u00a0seek honey<\/p>\n

holy prize\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 the altar\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 desire\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 with hyacinths<\/p>\n

mouths\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 hangs\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0the moon<\/p>\n

tremble draw<\/p>\n

a nightingale<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

III.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

an orchard ripens<\/span><\/p>\n

honeyed mouths tremble\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

with a nightingale moon<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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