Different Names for Lamotrigine by Jaz Sufi
Different Names for Lamotrigine
Jaz Sufiafter Sam Sax
Bitter thing — swallowed
with bread, cake,
a curtain of water closing my throat,
anything to keep from tasting
the slight in my magician’s hand.
Magic is any science
you do not understand. So, too,
is God. Faith is
the way I trust the bitter taste will
turn me sweet; prayer
is how I start every day with it
on my tongue
before any lover, before opening
the window to let
the morning sun make shadows
where there were none
before. My body is a haunted house
creaking under
its own weight. Love is anything that
banishes the ghosts.
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This poem appeared in Pank Magazine, 2018.
ABOUT JAZ SUFI
Jaz Sufi (she/hers) is a mixed race Iranian-American poet and arts educator. Her work has been published or is upcoming in AGNI, Colorado Review, Black Warrior Review, Muzzle, and elsewhere. She is a National Poetry Slam finalist and has received fellowships from Kundiman, the Watering Hole, and New York University, where she received her MFA as a Goldwater fellow. She lives in Brooklyn with her dog, Apollo. (Source)
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Kat
Very beautiful.. it says a lot , in just a little sentence..🌺
Kat
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