All in by Sarah Kersey

by Sarah Kersey




To say love is
a hard thing.
The tongue

has to overcome
the teeth.
A lack of faith.

Saveme I plead.
I am shipwreck,
flood,

mouth open,
bottom sinking.
Every wave-tossed tear

comes. Every
bit of heat
comes.

Blood rushes in.
I clamor through the fog
of cologne for her.

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Sarah Kersey (she/they) is a poet and x-ray technologist living in Boston, MA. Her debut chapbook, Residence Time, is published by Newfound. They have received support from Tin House Workshop. Sarah's work has appeared in The Rumpus, South Florida Poetry Journal, The Account Magazine, Columbia Journal, and elsewhere.