Statistics
What are the odds of a man
asking you to dance
or a flower opening
before your eyes
blood mixing with water
pearls in vinegar
not dissolving
but making a new self
maybe better
maybe not
afterward
you put on his clothes
to smell like him
what are the odds
of a bouquet of balloons
holding their air
for months
after he travelled the length
of a province
to bring them to you
wearing a powder blue velour suit
white sateen shirt
and sweat too
Gordon Taylor (he/him) is a queer poet and cancer survivor. His poems have appeared in Prairie Fire, Grain, Plainsongs, Plenitude and Five South, and are forthcoming in Wire’s Dream, Cathexis and Sheila Na-Gig.
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