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| Tree Riesener |
Tree Riesener is the author of Sleepers Awake, a collection of fiction, winner of the Eludia Award (Sowilo Press), The Hubble Cantos (Aldrich Press), and EK (Cervena Barva Press). Angel Fever, a chapbook, has been published by Ravenna Press as part of their Triple series, Triple No. 5. Three previous chapbooks are Liminalog, Angel Poison and Inscapes. Her website is http://www.treeriesener.com.
peeping
tom
I
like to think about you
in
heaven
I’m
in the cold black night
under
a window
behind
me surf booms and crashes
my
footsteps slowly fill with water
when
I look
through
the window
you’re
in a warm bright room
nobody
sees me looking in
I
watch them welcome you
embrace
you
the
christmas tree
glowing
in every color
eggnog
in a chinese bowl
some
sort of classical music
probably
haydn or mozart
softly
from a string quartet
everybody
hangs on your words
as
you tell your story
laughing
every
once in a while
patting
your hand
when
you wipe away tears
I
turn away
walk
through drifting fog
down
the dark road
to
that little all-night bar
shaking
with cold
I
gulp down a strong coffee
with
plenty of sugar
have
a couple of drinks
to
make sure
the coffee won’t keep me awake
then
in
that warm room
after the hot drink and the whiskey
I
cross my arms on the table
like
school kids
when
it’s time to rest
lay my head down
and
fall asleep
thinking
about you in heaven
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