Figure out how I fit in your world as I discover the shape of your heart push me into your foreign form as the chalk line
between us dulls
Memory foam bed faces north in your cold unfinished basement headboard is bare drywall with taped-over nails primer and mud a forgotten chore for another day painted white bricks lined up like soldiers floor to ceiling gray soot stains define few edges
This is our nest our place to incubate
When you touch me it is a fast movement under a silk sheet sparking a mighty lightning storm hair stands on end in anticipation of where your fingers might go legs gently look for arousal as we twist together like snakes
You are a storm you are the ocean pounding at a rocky shore don’t stop until I am sand
Shannon Laws is an award-winning poet, performer, and advocate for the arts. She has been recognized with two Mayor’s Arts Awards and the Dr. Asha Bhargava Memorial Award — Community Champion. Her work has been featured in numerous journals and anthologies, and she has captivated audiences at esteemed literary events, including the Jack McCarthy Evergreen Invitational Slam, SpeakEasy, Poetry Night, Kitchen Sessions, and the West Coast Tagore Festival.
Beyond her writing and performances, Shannon actively fosters literary
and artistic communities. Since 2022, she has curated Corridor, a monthly
“found-art” zine project that showcases the work of more than 50 contributing
poets and artists. She is also the founder and host of Poetry Club, an engaging
discussion group established in 2015.
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