THEIR VOICES CARRY FRUIT TO MY LIPS
The women lounging on the stoop
lift their heads from the hottest heat
of late June, smile as I approach.
We address the weather and laugh,
thinking of the nimbus of finality,
fry of human life, work tomorrow.
A dipping scent of littleleaf linden
and Tuesday trash floats close
in the air. We may never see the insides
of each others’ apartments, lean heads
on shoulders, remember names.
The wheel battles inertia, turns over
blank day, turns toward sunset.
One morning we’ll be gone,
with only a flight of stairs to remember
we were here at all.
THEIR VOICES CARRY FRUIT TO MY LIPS by Estelle | Sandalwood Poetry Reed Diffuser
Estelle Bajou works as a writer, composer, actor, and psychotherapist in NYC. A Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net nominated poet, her debut collection, I Never Learned to Pray (Mainstreet Rag, 2022), was was Longlisted for the C&R Press Poetry Award.
