On the ledge of knowing every
thing—this is the conspiracy of death
beds, the air of calm in which last
breaths reside. Side again with
me, so I know your heart is sweet.
Give me letters printed in dusty
bowls of grit when the porcelain
is emptied. Allow me this: one
bite more than Eve. Then we’ll
spin the garden into a new web,
you and I.
Wendy BooydeGraaff’s poems have been included in Cutleaf, Barzakh, About Place Journal, Dunes Review, and anthologized in Under Her Eye (Blackspot Books), Midwest Futures: Poems & Micro-Stories from Tomorrow's Heartland (forthcoming from Middle West Press, March 2025), and Not Very Quiet (Recent Works Press). Born and raised in Ontario, Canada, she now lives in Michigan, United States.