“like doves like wind ” (after SZA) by j.t. Andrews

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loved a boy

call it besties / call it neighbors / call it

sleeping at foot of bed / call me

if you read this. she likes

the way i pronounce pussy

like doves like wind

like bubblegum pop

so why we caught

between sword and pen /

let me be both

the flowers & the vase /

said i like my hair long

so i shaved it and

i liked that too / & now

my hair is curlier than before.

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j.t. andrews (he/him) is a poet from Texas, but he is unfortunately not a cowboy. He currently lives in Colorado, where he works on self-portraiture and building bookshelves.