{"id":5587,"date":"2024-02-06T03:28:19","date_gmt":"2024-02-06T08:28:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/bowdoin-review\/?p=5587"},"modified":"2024-02-08T03:20:10","modified_gmt":"2024-02-08T08:20:10","slug":"abscess","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/bowdoin-review\/poetry\/abscess\/","title":{"rendered":"abscess"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_5588\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5588\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5588\" src=\"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/bowdoin-review\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2024\/02\/Ophelia-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/bowdoin-review\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2024\/02\/Ophelia-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/bowdoin-review\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2024\/02\/Ophelia-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/bowdoin-review\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2024\/02\/Ophelia-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/bowdoin-review\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2024\/02\/Ophelia.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5588\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Art by Lauren Russler<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>hey, lover \/ jesus of smoky sighs \/ grieving<br \/>\nwind \/ liquorice cigarettes \/ white skirts and<br \/>\ndaddy\u2019s gun \/ do you still cut your face \/<br \/>\nout of photos \/ every picture \/<br \/>\na shadow \/ of a shadow \/ of a boy with \/<br \/>\ngolden veins \/ shark bites in the morning \/<br \/>\ncoffee stains at night \/ both of us lost \/<br \/>\nbetween window panes.<\/p>\n<p>you were in the water this morning \/ goldenrod \/<br \/>\nopheliac \/ dragonfish \/ driving with covers blown \/<br \/>\nand lights off \/ stars watching like satellites \/ our<br \/>\nhearts never move \/ and ribs never break \/ we are<br \/>\nmarlboro red and salmon-eyed \/ fool\u2019s gold \/<br \/>\nall hearths made of oceans \/ all hearts made of dreams.<\/p>\n<p>and baby \/ baby \/ baby \/ can you hear me \/ i miss your<br \/>\nteeth \/ tongue \/ snow-stained love \/ puppy eyes \/ where is your \/<br \/>\ntableau \/ of \/ heartland winds \/ city smoke \/ blood \/<br \/>\nripe oranges \/ on the window \/ under my nails \/ between<br \/>\nmy teeth \/ my aching teeth \/ fragmented \/ at the bottom<br \/>\nof the pool \/ we\u2019ll push against the water \/ and baby \/ baby \/<br \/>\ndid you know \/ that bodies float \/ because of love \/<br \/>\nso much love \/ left unspent \/ in coronary absences \/<br \/>\nand midsummer evulsions \/ because i know \/ i know \/<br \/>\nall we are is breath \/ and body \/ and god \/ and body.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>hey, lover \/ jesus of smoky sighs \/ grieving wind \/ liquorice cigarettes \/ white skirts and daddy\u2019s gun \/ do you still cut your face \/ out of photos \/ every picture \/ a shadow \/ of a shadow \/ of a boy with \/ golden veins \/ shark bites in the morning \/ 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