Ben Partenay Poems

you want me
only because you
wanted me
a year a month
...

I believe in stone more than
promises or petty things like wishes.
In rain and fire and the warmth of
red wine and whiskey. I've thought
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I’d like to think I know it all,
that what happened with her
was going to happen
as all sure things do.
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I’ve been asked more than
once, twice, fifty more
what made me some kind of
broken.
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tin mugs
with water
flecked liquors
whiskey from
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I up-
ended the
moon, dear
wanted to
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twig snaps
little twist
and water
cacophony
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when I walked, I
walked with eyes up-
held even the screech
of eagle fell longwise,
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willow tree
beneath long leaves,
centerfolds of
skin, drunk and
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back alley blistered
raw hands clenched, while
retching last night
into a corner,
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