Valentine

BY TOM PICKARD

simplicity
say sleep

or
shall we
shower

have an apple

you are
as I need
water

shall I move?
do you dream?
shallow snow

flesh

melt this

Tom Pickard, “Valentine” from Hole in the Wall: New and Selected Poems. Copyright © 2002 by Tom Pickard. Reprinted with the permission of Flood Editions.

Source: Hole in the Wall: New and Selected Poems (Flood Editions, 2002)