II
twenty thousand one hundred and thirty-two
let’s forget all this then
we instead pass our time
decanting each other’s bodies
as if aged, precisely, in oak, as
if precious, as if necessary
we forget every corpse along
the wind-stormed commute
to our bed where the sun casts,
for a moment, a paisley glow
on the wood-panelled floor,
the honeyed walls, the creeping ivy,
until, oh, those corpses spill in
through the window, so quiet
we don’t, at first, take note—
at last, briefly, occupied
twenty-two thousand and one
The Republic of Home is available from The Blasted Tree Store
Featured by The Blasted Tree: August 6, 2022
Leslie Joy Ahenda
Contributing Author
The Republic of Home by Leslie Joy Ahenda is a Blasted Tree original collection of poetry.
ISBN [Digital]: 978-1-987906-92-9
Cover Design by Kyle Flemmer