Embers
I rake my mouth
with its last
breath
ask my tongue
to weep
for birds
I am whatever
brightens
under the
rubble
sweep at my light
I’ll bleed your
tortured sun
lose your teeth
to the tide
and I’ll hold you
inside my throat
I’ll teach you how
to twist your
voices
in a sea for
whales
to help them decay
Sleep Apnea
my brain:
a swarm of
bees stuck
in honey
pollinate
lithium
floating
in oil
I have run
out of salt
batteries
balloon
released of
helium
unstable
suspended
no longer
breathing
Jamie O’Connell lives in the Bay Area, where she received her MFA in Writing from California College of the Arts. Recent poems have appeared or will soon appear in FIVE:2:ONE, Eunoia Review, Califragile, Occulum, bad pony, Cacti Fur, Reality Hands, and Riggwelter. She spends most of her time with her majestic zebra-striped dog/direwolf, Daisy. Visit her site here: http://www.jamieoco.com.
DODGING THE RAIN 