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Poetry

nude / poem / with ​​​

by Sarah Cavar

( top : scar )

At this most excellent brink 

where the body ​ meets the flesh 

of stirred ​Air ​

a leaf 

​​​drifting

Turns waning moons 

against my gaze ––

We diagonal dance 

I, a small pupil

child by ær crackling 

​  

​hood

rocked by the gentle

cradle of wind ​    

a muscle

Flexing ​​relaxing

A project of vocal proportions 

exi​sts the mist of the throat

And some towering hope 

makes soft

promise ​with sky


[sarah] Cavar is an anti-genre writer, PhD candidate, and instructor of undergraduates on both u.s. coasts. They are the author of Failure to Comply (featherproof books, 2024). Cavar edits manywor(l)ds.place, and has had work published in The Offing, Split Lip Magazine, Nat. Brut, Electric Lit, and elsewhere. More at www.cavar.club, librarycard.substack.com, and @cavarsarah on twitter.

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