Your tongue tied knotting a cherry stem

You speak to me in cuneiform

Reading like a lead pencil on black paper

Footprints on snow white on white

A screaming contrail sky written

We disconnect, dissipating in air streams

Steve Gerson, an emeritus English professor, writes poetry about life’s dissonance and dynamism. He’s proud to have published in Panoplyzine (winning an Editors’ Choice award), Hungry Chimera, Toe Good, and The Write Launch.