your memories like cells / these
imperfect combinations continue
dividing and multiplying in the
swelter today / yes / sometimes
unable to manage self-control
you lie or change the topic / basil
and honeysuckle in the kitchen
smell indistinguishable / yet you
can’t ignore the yelling just
outside your window / recall
your carefree childhood / must
believe in a soaking russet half
Image credit:Â Wonderlane, under license CC 2.0
Kevin McLellan is the author of: in other words you/ selected by Timothy Liu for the 2022 Hilary Tham Capital Collection, Hemispheres which is in special collections including the Poetry Center at the University of Arizona, Ornitheology (2019 Massachusetts Book Awards recipient); [box] which is in special collections including the Blue Star Collection at Harvard University, Tributary, and Round Trip. He makes videos under the name Duck Hunting with the Grammarian and they have shown in film festivals including: Flickers’ Rhode Island Film Festival, Berlin Short Film Festival, and the Vancouver Queer Film Festival. Kevin lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts. https://kevmclellan.com/
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