On Longing, On Mediocracy, On Love by Naomi Anne Goldner

[tabby title="Poem"] One wordtoo many syllables, perhaps just thelong stretches of timebetween you opening your mouthand me catching the words in mysweaty palm–a butterfly squeezedinto my tight fist,a butterflyI have waited to capturenow smother,now kill. The longing.How mediocre of me...