1 poem
by Cy March
Cy March is a poet currently living in Portland, Oregon. They like to read poetry, cook meals with friends, and bike over bridges. Some of their work can be found in Hobart Pulp and sea foam mag.
July Sequence
after Sonia Sanchez’s “Sequences”
1.
what is this profusion
of selves?
today i am
hot
today i am
picking blackberries
today i am
angry at the people i love
today i am
looking at myself in the mirror
today i am
thinking about my father
2.
in my father’s time
he sang to me
he brushed his teeth in the mirror with me
he grabbed my mother’s face and smiled at me
today he is
at the grocery store
today he is
telling me about his garden
3.
ah the lull of
this!
on a bus and thinking about my father
the bus goes through a tunnel i didn’t know existed
and i want to tell him about it
i try to see myself in the reflection of the bus window
but i’m sitting too far to the side
4.
in my time i am
rubbing my eyes in the mirror
in my time i am
rubbing my eyes in the mirror and singing