Photo by: Dave Bledsoe of FreeVerse Poetry
His name really is Paul
Paul,
you were
a courtesy,
like hotel pillowmints
from God’s right hand:
like Jesus Christ
were a beautiful Hispanic maid.
&Paul,
you will recall
there was a period of time
in which I was
afraid of staircases and elevators;
for six months I lived my life horizontally;
I wish that time had been now
and that it had been you instead of me.
Paul,
the last time
you came home,
I hugged you
and for a moment,
I could feel the size of you.
I contained the entirety of your smallness.
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Augury Introduces: Nicholas Hite is a 28-year-old attorney living in New Orleans with his vegan boyfriend, their blue-eyed dog, and a pet crawfish.