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My Neighbor, This Heatwave, We Argue, He Waters the Grass
I spume water into the birdbath the grackle’s shoulders gleaming amethyst the yellow eye hot as the Anthropocene.
Dear lord, listen, it’s only June.
Tonight I’m taking a class on listening. You’d think we’d have learned by now.
I practice listening to this body that needs to find a spell that can cool a woman. Or planet.
I practice with peaches their warm flesh fresh from the orchard plucked right out from under the sun’s bright cheeks.
I listen. I practice being a peach.
Sandra Fees’ poetry has appeared in Crab Creek Review, Nimrod, River Heron Review, and Witness, among others. Her first full-length collection, Wonderwork (BlazeVOX Books), was released in October 2024.
