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TAR
On Connecting
Brooke June
when we were kids we used to help mom pull weeds
from the front yard you would make pancakes some mornings
careful not to burn yourself again we went dirt biking
and ate shit face-first I tried to hold each of your cuts
for my own you held me like a sister we made fists
on the kitchen counter watching lighting storms through
the big window at 3am we made forts out of bedsheets
tying and re-tying the ends I helped you with homework
till our palms ached we rolled snowmen on rare winters
before the desert sun could erase our new world
when we talk now, long distance, I want to squeeze all
the kept words from our mouths like some silent revolution
ABOUT THE WRITER:
Brooke June is a poet, violinist, and music teacher residing in Austin, Texas. She earned her BA in Music Industry Studies at California State University, Northridge. She is the creator and host of the Austin-based Hearsay Poetry open-mic and Podcast. Her poetry has been published with Austin International Poetry Festival, Driftwood Press, Projector Magazine, and Third Street Writers.
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