United States, (contemporary)
A Proverb
- Your byword to my nayword. Check
- & mate, my shining knight. Marriage is more
- than four legs in a bed. Bare & backed
- by bone. I killed & BBQ’ed the boar,
- another eats his flesh. Sweetest & sliced
- near the marrow. Narrow hallway, narrow
- mind. I’m out of mine & out of sight.
- Out of words, which we let fly like arrows
- raining down. Like cats & all. Despite
- the fact you’re skinned & hung, you’re looking
- like a King. I’m watching you. You despot;
- you cloak your eyes & steal the cream.
- So curiosity is killing us.
- My dress is black & backless.
About the Poet:
Amy Schrader, United States, (contemporary), is a poet and accountant. She holds a B.A. in Molecular & Cell Biology and English Literature from UC Berkeley, and an M.A. in English Literature from Boston University. She earned her M.F.A. in poetry from the University of Washington.
Her poems have most recently appeared or are forthcoming in Bone Bouquet, Rattle, Unsplendid, DIAGRAM, Coconut, The Journal, ILK, Bateau, The Fairy Tale Review and elsewhere.
Amy Schrader is the author of The Situation & What Crosses It (2014) and The Plagiarist (2017). Her reviews and interviews appear in CutBank Reviews, Gently Read Literature, The International Examiner, Reading Local, and other publications. She works at the University of Washington as an accountant and lives in Seattle with her husband and giant goldfish, not necessarily in that order. [DES-01/22]