rises to our secret spot.
smog in rush hour's wake.
waiting in the corner of your room.
do you think I want my loved-one gone?
it back and forth between us.
of your chest, pit of your arm.
let's make this moment sweet again.
you will lose this too.
as nightfall rocks us in her dark arms.
so love me, love me tonight.
Venus Thrash received a BA in Literature and an MFA in Creative Writing from American University. She received the Myra Sklarew Award in Fiction. She is a Cave Canem, Lannan, and Soul Mountain Fellow. Her short story “"Cast Away Stones" is to be published in the forthcoming anthology Enhanced Gravity. Her poetry has appeared in Gargoyle and Catalyst, and in the recently released poetry anthology Gathering Ground. She is currently at work on a short story collection, The Soul of a Man, and a novel, Hole.
Published in Volume 7, Number 2, Spring 2006.