by Andrew Lynch
After Kevin Young, “Ode to the Midwest”
“One more cup of coffee ‘fore I go
To the valley below”
—Bob Dylan
I want to be invaded
by love
And swept away like leaves in fall. I want
to melt
into the pot with the spoon
that you stir until
I’m brought to a boil. I want
to evaporate into your breath, a little death, and then –
I want to live
forever in your lungs.
A taste of the air
that you breathe. I want to stumble
A conversation of nothing
I want the easiness of it
To hear the sound of your voice
myself, late, after
everyone’s asleep –
As it all was –
I want to see what the bird
sees before he sings
at your new window. I want to be
the only man that you love
I want to want without
your ghost
but with the flesh of your persons.
I want to walk
away. Why drive –
I had love, and stuff, and now –
I want to pick
at the stitches myself.
I want to feel
each fabric your thread has been sewn into
& make it my pillow –
I want to bruise from the water
of a memory bank
& refuse to let the mud of my stomach turn back to solid ground.
I tried,
found it won’t dry –
I’ll go home, I guess,
to my room where the moon’s
not visible, but its light
still is
Majoring in Music Performance, Andrew Lynch is a multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter, and producer at heart. Under the alias Tripp 41, he released his debut EP All Chaos and Blur (2022) followed by the debut album Crusher (2023).
Art, “Portal to the Clouds” by Nancy Bishwakarma
