Fault Lines
There’s an idealized version of you I have in my mind
prolly my memory’s fault
it’s gauzy and slightly out of focus
there was like a layer between us and the world
we had own cadence
it was so kinetic
You said—play that playlist you always play
I blushed while you mixed your drink in the kitchen
the melody lines blurred and I slipped over the edge
you throw your head back when you really laugh
and your whole face changes
I’m completely transfixed
Our skins touched
and you took out your barrettes
your profile is porcelain
my face is flushed
your bangs are in my eyelashes
and the night turns translucent
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This poem first appeared in Alien Buddha, and can be found in the chapbook Between Frederick and Carl by Christian Garduno (Finishing Line Press) at https://www.finishinglinepress.com/product/between-frederick-and-carl-by-christian-garduno/
Christian Garduno’s work can be read in over 100 literary magazines. He is the recipient of the 2019 national Willie Morris Award for Southern Poetry. Garduno lives and writes along the South Texas Coast.
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