lemonade of a violet color
by Adrian Belmes
The unique burden of occupying the dreams of other people
is accepting the possibility of mold in your bread,
or that your most poetic moments, untenable,
all transpire in the kitchen when you have a knife
and only a robe. You won’t know
what it’s like to fall out of love
until you have. If you’re starving, maybe
you won’t be embarrassed.
Adrian Belmes is a trans, reasonably depressed, Jewish-Ukrainian poet and book artist residing currently in San Diego. He is editor in chief of Badlung Press and his chapbook, "this town and everyone in it", was published by Ghost City Press. You can find him at adrianbelmes.com or @adrian_belmes.