the birds and mist and sweat
illuminate our strife
I broke
handshakes to the northwest
my train eased on
the Willamette
tried to remember
the number of something
your memory
trite and blue
dwindling
a dark staircase
we dare to escalate
piano strings, harp wings
cleaving
sweet dew when we
transpire
the salacious ripening
peaches bloom
before salvaged dawn
Matt Esteves Hemmerich is an undergrad from SFSU with an emphasis in scriptwriting. His work has appeared in Berkeley Poetry Review, Vanitas, Emerge Literary Journal, Apropos Literary Journal, and Atlas Poetica.
