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Mostly I'd like to be a spider web
For Charissa
because in the rain I’d look like a cracked window
without a church to belong to. You could look
through me and see the world in front of us.
One time, my ex-lovers made a road of tongues for me.
I took my shoes off to feel the song a little better,
and cut a note short with each step.
I want to tell you how many churches
I’ve been building to praise little things that deserve
more than their few seconds of existence.
Like the time I opened the door, smelled hibiscus
perfume and knew you were home.
Like the time a child told me there was a God
and because he was smiling, I believed him.
Mostly, I’d like to be a spider web to feel you walk through.
To see if you’ll take me with you, despite the spider I bring.
Bio
C.T. Salazar is a Hispanic poet living in Mississippi. His poetry has appeared or is forthcoming in The
Tampa Review, Cosmonauts Avenue, The Harpoon Review, The Matador Review, Bad Pony, FLARE: the
Flagler Review, and elsewhere. He's the editor-in-chief of Dirty Paws Poetry Review. He's an MFA
candidate and children's librarian.
For Charissa
because in the rain I’d look like a cracked window
without a church to belong to. You could look
through me and see the world in front of us.
One time, my ex-lovers made a road of tongues for me.
I took my shoes off to feel the song a little better,
and cut a note short with each step.
I want to tell you how many churches
I’ve been building to praise little things that deserve
more than their few seconds of existence.
Like the time I opened the door, smelled hibiscus
perfume and knew you were home.
Like the time a child told me there was a God
and because he was smiling, I believed him.
Mostly, I’d like to be a spider web to feel you walk through.
To see if you’ll take me with you, despite the spider I bring.
Bio
C.T. Salazar is a Hispanic poet living in Mississippi. His poetry has appeared or is forthcoming in The
Tampa Review, Cosmonauts Avenue, The Harpoon Review, The Matador Review, Bad Pony, FLARE: the
Flagler Review, and elsewhere. He's the editor-in-chief of Dirty Paws Poetry Review. He's an MFA
candidate and children's librarian.