ᴱⱽᴱᴿʸᴼᴺᴱ ʸᴼᵁ’ⱽᴱ ᴱⱽᴱᴿ ᴸᴼⱽᴱᴰ ᴵˢ ᴴᴬⱽᴵᴺᴳ ˢᴱˣ ᵂᴵᵀᴴ ˢᴼᴹᴱᴼᴺᴱ ᴱᴸˢᴱ ᴿᴵᴳᴴᵀ ᴺᴼᵂ
Nora Rose Tomas
literally right now
it’s that night
and you’re in your naked room
calling out
look me in my stupid eyes
there is no one around
your lover is both huge
and not there
couldn’t you kiss
this crooked body?
couldn’t you just meet me
in my
ugly light?
you were so good
and there is
still
nothing
Nora Rose Tomas is a queer writer based in Brooklyn. She received her MFA from Columbia University. Her writing has appeared in Taco Bell Quarterly, Post 45, Brooklyn Poets, and The Colorado Review, among others