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THE KITCHEN SINK

Cylinder of white water, bridge connecting silver with silver, the percussive slap into the basin, spiraling down the drain, invisibly rising toward the clouds: cycle, history--back before the parting of the Red Sea, centuries before Noah’s flood, a link to the first mother, her water breaking, spilling humanity across Africa, and now you, here in this kitchen, one hand on your hip, the other holding a glass to your lips, breath fogging the rim, the house silent as 3 a. m., a levee breaks in your mind, and a held-back realization rushes across your internal landscape: the bridge extends to your children, and one day they’ll stand on higher ground as the village of you is washed away, tears flowing down their faces, polished black shoes, wet grass.

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from All This Living: Selected Recorded Poems, released February 26, 2023

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Joshua Michael Stewart is a poet and musician living in Western Massachusetts.

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