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The Springs Sage Marshall (bio) I can still feel the shaking of your truck bedcut-black sour of Grizz mint & you driving me out into thenight of bruises & smoke shared breath-full and the fatherbuying us bar burgers click swift of thighs jagged (yours)pressed to and held taut (mine) song of boys growing danktwisted love returned in knuckles iron protection (you)& a mouthful of nails pressed hot glittering crimsonthe bore is crying your name—potato-vodka curled deep gut the slide twined unkempt curlsnow wet ridden in heat & the summer of fire returnedit was your Chevy parked slant we sat & watched the blazeas lovers the drive-in boys becoming ———the ash falling softly stuffing our mouths silent [End Page 94] Sage Marshall Sage Marshall is a poet, writer, and journalist from southwest Colorado. His poems have been featured in Arc Poetry Magazine, Emerge Literary Journal, Reverberations Mag, and elsewhere. He is currently working on a memoir titled The Barbs. Copyright © 2022 Berea College ...
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