VIII

by Leslie Joy Ahenda

twenty-six thousand six hundred


august only accumulates despair is a liquid
I keep it in jars

in the basement,
in the wardrobe,

past anyone’s furthest curiosity,
I repeat, to forever, my intentions

(I have used up all my precision
I have used up all my grace)

I scratch the words in the wood panel—

that’s enough counting the dead now,
don’t you agree?
there is work yet to be done


twenty-six thousand nine hundred and thirty-two

 

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Leslie Joy Ahenda

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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

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