Abstract
Bench Saw Matt Vekakis (bio) I hate the sound:like the inside ofan iron beehive.I'm too young toknow it doesn'tmean welcome. I watch you tracepencil-lines intocedar shakes fordriving throughthe screamingblade: hoping. I walk further intomyself: writingwords on reamsof wood pulp withOrion's Belt tiedaround my neck. I miss you at dawn,even the rank ofkerosene. Wakingin afternoon to athundering clapof a falling tree. I look out to thebackyard: barewith stalagmites [End Page 56] of tree stumpsyou say I owe toomuch wonder. I hear you feedthe bench saw;leaving only theangry din to saywhat we won'tto one another. [End Page 57] Matt Vekakis Matt Vekakis is a gay poet & educator. He is grateful to have had poetry published in Cathexis Northwest Press, Tule Review, Peregrine Journal, Waccamaw, Poached Hare, Gravitas, and Inklette Magazine, with forthcoming publications in Meat for Tea: The Valley Review and High Shelf Press. He lives with his beau in the Tofu Valley of Western Massachusetts. Copyright © 2021 Berea College
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