The Knicknackery Issue Three - Monsters - 2015 | Page 30

Cornflower Blue

Jennifer Lobaugh

My love came to me on the banks of the river

He came with the lore on his side

He tendered me fistfuls of violet asters

And cornflowers blue as a bride

He laid me to sleep with the freshwater virgins

To steep in the swell and moonshine

Now I walk the flinty strand damp as a christening

With August and coal in my eyes

And I can’t remember the taste of his fury

When he stooped to kiss me goodbye

But one of these Sundays, I’ll come from the mountain

And suck the bald lake’s fingers dry

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