“I don't know where I end and the world begins. My best guess? Skin. It's the only actual boundary between the body and the world, between a body and any other body.” KnowsWorldEndsBodySkinsBoundaries Author:Richard Siken
“Tell me how all this, and love too, will ruin us. These, our bodies, possessed by light. Tell me we'll never get used to it.” BodyLightUsedAnd LoveRuinsPossessed Author:Richard Siken
“Tell me about the dream where we pull the bodies out of the lake and dress them in warm clothes again.” DreamBodyClothesDressesWarmLakes Author:Richard Siken
“Knot the tie and go to work, unknot the tie and go to sleep. I sleep. I dream. I wake. I sing. I get out the hammer and start knocking in the wooden pegs that affix the meaning to the landscape, the inner life to the body, the names to the things. I float too much to wander, like you, in the real world. I envy it but that’s the dealio—you’re a train and I’m a trainstation and when I try to guess your trajectory I end up telling my own story.” WorldTryingRealEndsStoriesDreamBodyNamesMy OwnSleepToo MuchLike YouTrainEnvyWanderLandscapeTiesReal WorldFloatsHammersGoing To SleepInner LifeKnockingKnotsTrajectoryPeg Author:Richard Siken
“Moonlight making crosses on your body, and me putting my mouth on every one.” BodyMouthsCrossesYour BodyMoonlight Author:Richard Siken
“The way you slam your body into mine reminds me I’m alive, but monsters are always hungry, darling.” WayBodyAliveMinesYour BodyMonstersHungryDarlingSlamI'm Alive Author:Richard Siken
“how we rolled up the carpet so we could dance, and the days were bright red, and every time we kissed there was another apple to slice into pieces. Look at the light through the windowpane. That means it's noon, that means we're inconsolable. Tell me how all this, and love too, will ruin us. These our bodies, possessed by light. Tell me we'll never get used to it.” LooksMeanBodyLightUsedPiecesRedAnd LoveRuinsApplesPossessedCarpetNoonWindowpane Author:Richard Siken
“I swear, I end up feeling empty, like you've taken something out of me and I have to search my body for scars.” EndsFeelingsBodyTakenLike YouEmptyScarSwearFeeling Empty Author:Richard Siken
“You're trying not to tell him you love him, and you're trying to choke down the feeling, and you're trembling, but he reaches over and he touches you, like a prayer for which no words exist, and you feel your heart taking root in your body, like you've discovered something you don't even have a name for.” FeelsTryingHeartFeelingsBodyNamesPrayerLike YouRootsYour BodyChokeTrembling Author:Richard Siken
