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issue 3: HEATWAVE

sweet tea in dilmun

MATHEW YATES
written by Utnapištim circa 2056 CE

this                                       wet                          feeling
of                                             a                             world
                                           ending

held    heart    to    heart     to    feel     no       pulse
held    heart     i      hold       &       pump       myself

it’s                                       so so                        humid
for                                         the                         drying
                                            times

                              sweet tea in Dilmun
                           dreams of ice & breeze

                      i’d hike on up to Hyperborea
                         if i thought i could freeze

                      i’d lift The Flood on my back
                       if i thought it could break it

this                                  whole                        thing
happens                          every                          day
                                       i mean it

it                                   happens                    every 
                                          day
                                 & we make it

Mathew Yates (they/them) is a poet & artist from Paducah, Kentucky. Their poetry can be found in Kissing Dynamite, Barren Magazine, Epigraph Magazine, marlskarx, Screen Door Review, & more. Their illustrations can also be found in the recent full-length release, Flutter, by Kristin Garth, published by Twist in Time Press. Twitter: @m_yates; mathewyates.com.
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