2018 / poetry / author

UYLESSES TETU

 

CARESSES FROM HOT SUMMER WINDS TEACH ME HOW TO BREATHE
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wind serenading, She touches
tendrils to the tender face of a sun that exhales breathlessly, who
leans into the palm of Her thin hand;
She is a force of nature

She is a ball of flaming gas,
girlish in the complete cares of a restless air
so absorbed in the lovers song
to notice the flushing of mundanes below

 
 

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UYLSSES TETU: (he/him/Liz) is a white, bi Bear writer from Minnesota. His poetry shows up in places like Exposure: Queer Masculine Sexuality, Impossible Archetype, and Lahar Berlin.

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