tell them we’re young mastodons

James Bowden

you–where all others have failed–have
begun to elicit me. convince me. compel
me. draw me out of me. i find that with
you–surrender becomes me, feels good?

we meet. we chat. we sit up hugging the
plushies in my room, keeping our 5 foot
distance. i am meek. you let me walk you
back. i steer us toward the longer route.

we walk we talk we joke we poke
we hug we bug we romp we stomp

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The title is one of my favorite lyrics (to be read in that tone! important!!) from Bon Iver’s Naeem. I think the overall tone is inspired a bit by Mark Strand’s “Eating Poetry”.