Because we’re here
feeling good
safe for the moment
money in our pockets
beer on the table
breathing in
breathing out
smiling in your eyes
hugging when I can
brushing up to let you know
the caring is killing me
and there’s nothing I can do
except feel all this
love
desire this
friendship
hope it stays intact.
Forget tomorrow
her suitcase of problems
and her trippy drippy doubts
because
tonight
is a poem
and I want it
to write all over me.
Karen Warinsky has published in various anthologies and literary magazines including the 2019 Mizmor Anthology, Honoring Nature ( 2021)and Ms. Aligned: 4 (2023). She is the author of Gold in Autumn (2020), Sunrise Ruby (2022), and her new collection Dining with War will come out this summer from Alien Buddha Press. She is a former finalist of the Montreal International Poetry Contest. Find her kayaking or organizing word readings for Poets at Large. https://karenwarinskypoetry.wordpress.com.
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