Here we are on the cusp
︎︎︎ Sua Yoo
︎ JULY 21, 2022
Here we are on the cusp:
She’s been more than
happy as of late
to introduce me to her
fraternity of butchers
Each palms a steel hook
in one hand and a raw
haunch in the other
We walk ankles crossed
in a pack
Trailed by singsong
blowflies
She and I:
We are now stretched over
a newborn scaffold erected from
shy touches and moments of
peakness
Cross bars bear hex bolts
of balled up cobwebs
Critical joints are welded together
with wet baby powder kneaded
into lactate clunch
Enclaved, I mouth the words:
I —
you —
we —
Thus, the masseter is
stricken with fantasy
Our eyes wet with emeralds
I must be a lapidary
in her world
In recollection: Why,
Were they clerks,
not butchers,
after all?
She’s been more than
happy as of late
to introduce me to her
fraternity of butchers
Each palms a steel hook
in one hand and a raw
haunch in the other
We walk ankles crossed
in a pack
Trailed by singsong
blowflies
She and I:
We are now stretched over
a newborn scaffold erected from
shy touches and moments of
peakness
Cross bars bear hex bolts
of balled up cobwebs
Critical joints are welded together
with wet baby powder kneaded
into lactate clunch
Enclaved, I mouth the words:
I —
you —
we —
Thus, the masseter is
stricken with fantasy
Our eyes wet with emeralds
I must be a lapidary
in her world
In recollection: Why,
Were they clerks,
not butchers,
after all?
Sua Yoo is an aspiring actor, pianist, and MMA fighter. Sua most recently co-established PURPOSE REPAIR SHOP LLC, where collective dreams are repaired and/or produced.
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