SHANNON PHILLIPS

The trouble with translation

The moon sits, lonely
in the sky. The night
doesn’t want to know
anything. I never said
I didn’t love you.
The question wasn’t yours
to ask. The rain told the trees
what you wanted to know.
I wish I had been there.

Shannon Phillips is a mom, poet, and editor who runs Picture Show Press and a moon of one’s own.

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