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Anis Mojgani 

5 Months

Every corner of my heart loves you

In a field of fields you are the largest field
In a field of moons you are the most moons




6 months

This is how I love you today
99 red flowers in a gloved hand
Leaves the same color as honey
Seeing Orion dangle in the night
Holding a bowl of soup with two hands




The astronomy of the jungle

       with regards to Lorca’s, Poet in New York

I saw you in the mouth of the snowfield

you were a fable of mountains

a child and a hairbrush

some part of your ear

whispered into itself

prepare your heart

my heart took the shape

of whatever preparations your heart took

sitting under a tent made of shining and soft ribbons

prepare your skeleton your heart told me

I told your heart to prepare itself

it took the shape of an ankle

my heart took the shape of a shoe 

cradling your water

it bent in closer

took the shape of two cupped hands

a hairbrush

with a mother of pearl handle

moving through the hair you took shape as

long black texas hair brushed after a bath

so long so wet so smooth so black

a river flowing down your back




Anis Mojgani is a two-time National Poetry Slam Individual Champion and TEDx speaker. He has three books published by Write Bloody publishing and currently lives in Austin TX with his wife and their dog, Trudy.




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