Nick DePascal
Nick DePascal lives in Albuquerque, NM with his wife, son, three dogs, and three chickens, and teaches at the University of New Mexico. His first book, Before You Become Improbable, will be published by West End Press in summer 2014. His poems have appeared or are forthcoming in Narrative, The Laurel Review, RHINO, The Los Angeles Review, Emerson Review, Aesthetix, and more.
Assemblage
woman of various
crooks knee neck
hip i hook my
self to your elbow
many parts your hair
which i have washed
and watched turn gray
woman of years i smell
you everywhere my shirts
are yours automatic
what doesn't break surface
touch i am buried in
it woman of memory
sight and sound unseen
breath and shout breathe
deep and of mercy
and of merciful sleep
name not of language
to be fit and tied
to another as to a mast
to sail from here
a longing like bread
to return to
tossed and tossed again