Birdsong
and the morning cool
still on us, like gauze
over a wound. Your back
to my own, goose-pimpled
in the sheets; your legs entwined
in mine like the snakes
of a caduceus. Sunlight
breaking, you stir
and settle, my head
against your chest.
A heartbeat, and another.
Tim Stobierski writes about relationships. His work explores themes of love, lust, longing, and loss — presented through the lens of his own experiences as a queer man. His poetry has been published in a number of journals, including Chiron Review, Gay & Lesbian Review, Midwest Quarterly, Anthropocene and Connecticut River Review, amongst others. His first book of poems, Dancehall, was published by Antrim House Books in July 2023.
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