ᴱⱽᴱᴿʸᴼᴺᴱ ʸᴼᵁ’ⱽᴱ ᴱⱽᴱᴿ ᴸᴼⱽᴱᴰ ᴵˢ ᴴᴬⱽᴵᴺᴳ ˢᴱˣ ᵂᴵᵀᴴ ˢᴼᴹᴱᴼᴺᴱ ᴱᴸˢᴱ ᴿᴵᴳᴴᵀ ᴺᴼᵂ

literally right now

it’s that night

and you’re in your naked room

calling out

look me in my stupid eyes

there is no one around

your lover is both huge

and not there

couldn’t you kiss

this crooked body?

couldn’t you just meet me

in my

ugly light?

you were so good

and there is

still

nothing

Nora Rose Tomas is a queer writer based in Brooklyn. She received her MFA from Columbia University. Her writing has appeared in Taco Bell Quarterly, Post 45, Brooklyn Poets, and The Colorado Review, among others