5 September 2005 | Vol. 5, No. 3
[Because it's that time of year again] from Nights and Weekends
Because it's that time of year again
Whatever comes naturally, he says
the sky is always the hardest part
with the guest bedroom locked
and you in it
all I want
behind a lemon tree or a new friend next week
in plain language
a moustache or a curse
because it's summer now. I fought it off
a brick through the window of all that, mysteries
of the unknown, spitting in the backyard. Afternoons
bent at the wrists. A whole people
served, whistling
dogs and alarms in the sunshine
sunshine in the wait
About the author:
Nicholas Grider studied writing in the Interschool MFA program at CalArts and has work forthcoming from nth position, Word for/Word, and Furniture Press.
For further reading:
See the complete list of work by Nicholas Grider at 42opus. Browse the contents of 42opus Vol. 5, No. 3, where "[Because it's that time of year again] from Nights and Weekends" ran on September 5, 2005. List other work with these same labels: poetry.
