cosmopsis
by Hannah Karpinski
when you are the first sound of morning
your words ocean and I am weightless
when you look at me with your whole face
my shadow falls behind me
were a word a world I would live
on planet pleasure, olive, us
were a word a world I would universe
your name and orbit earlobe, elbow, belly
on Earth: of all my walks you are the subject
the thought of you balloons, the size
of a language I recognize but do not speak
in my first language
smok means dragon
cmok means kiss
może means maybe
sounds like ocean
Hannah Karpinski (she/her) is a lesbian writer and editor living in Tiohtià:ke/Montreal. Her work has appeared in Lemon Hound, Bad Nudes, Commo Magazine, and My Loves: Digital Anthology of Queer Love Poems (Ghost City Press), among others. She is currently the Publishing Assistant for Metatron Press. Follow her on Instagram @raunchy_lez and on Twitter @yer_dog.