Let’s Start a Band and Call it Sally Yates
The best I can give you for your voice:
my voice, a film of me using it.
I know you, so I say I’ve met
one of the world’s Seven Wonders.
Hey, baby. I’m flirting with you. Get that?
There’s not enough poetry here, so I’ll go.
Remember when I stretched into another
part of myself just because I needed you?
Remember I made you laugh
when you so wanted to pout?
Highlight every word and call it close
reading. Let’s memorize another
night spent together after sestinas apart.
Let’s fall asleep slowly; we had to, for the art.
The best I can give you for your voice:
my voice, a film of me using it.
I know you, so I say I’ve met
one of the world’s Seven Wonders.
Hey, baby. I’m flirting with you. Get that?
There’s not enough poetry here, so I’ll go.
Remember when I stretched into another
part of myself just because I needed you?
Remember I made you laugh
when you so wanted to pout?
Highlight every word and call it close
reading. Let’s memorize another
night spent together after sestinas apart.
Let’s fall asleep slowly; we had to, for the art.
Sarah O'Brien is a writer from Massachusetts, USA. She is the Founder and EIC of Boston Accent Lit. Sarah loves dark chocolate and light wordplay. She wrote the poetry book Shapeshifter, and she's working on her second full-length collection. Learn more at www.sarahobrien.org and follow her on twitter @saraheditsbooks and @fluent_saracasm.