when close enough to
unhinge cotton windows
thoughts can be thrown
aside like pillows—
coalesce awaits among
the blankets while
each thought of suicide
is absolved at every little death—
only the adroit
find that life is a simple
exchange of atoms
a tease of tangled sinew and lousy lays.
Eaghan Davis is a sophomore at the University of Michigan studying English Literature & Language. His stories and poems have been published in the Fortnight Literary Press, Sonoma State University’s ZAUM Literary Magazine, and Polaris Magazine.
