Anne Gerard
Falconhouse
Want leaked but not decreasing
Me gone quiet within
The you and morning and simple
Of you
Again unbuttoning
I’d strip the Atlantic to ravines, I would
Instead a sea of windshields
Whipped dark
Sometimes grace is
What ought to have happened; these
Anne Gerard is a Midwestern writer. Born in Detroit, she is currently pursuing a PhD in Comparative Literature at Washington University, in St. Louis. Her work can be found in berlin lit, The Cincinnati Review, and Image Journal, among others.