Yanita Georgieva
In this version we are married
to other people. You get the classic
American home. Paint it a crisp white.
Get into country music. Consider
voting red – then reconsider. I settle
down. Marry up. A man I despise
buys me watches. I sell them online
for a profit which I use one day to fly
someplace warm and uncharacteristic.
When I arrive, I’m in the mood
for something sweet. You’re out for a drive.
It’s midnight. We reach for the same
donut at the donut shop.
Yanita Georgieva is a Bulgarian poet and journalist. She is a recipient of the Out-Spoken Prize for Poetry and a member of the Southbank New Poets Collective. You can find her work in The London Magazine, Poetry Wales, bath magg, and elsewhere.
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