Jenkin Benson

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himeros as selenographer

i am lovering you like heldmoon too
backnothing is closer to earth than moon
anorthosite slabnot very sexy
but sinsorelyi am refilling your
stanley cupthey craft those with leadfor rille
i worry a lotmy mourfingers cup
deleadlywill cup sosliced lemonly
your head resembles a lemonscalpjaune
is the color of loveactually
and other human juices you can’t drink
i will drink anything you tell me to
i will drink human and ideatean
yellowto the moonthat’s really a dumb
dead suspendering convenience storeand
backto our consummatemodularcouch
i am lovering youpast backpast to

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About the Author

Jenkin Benson is a second-year Ph.D. student at the University of Notre Dame. He principally studies the creative interchange between Welsh and Irish modernists. You can find links to his poetry on Chill Subs.