{"id":607,"date":"2010-03-28T20:52:04","date_gmt":"2010-03-28T20:52:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ink.verticalplus.co.uk\/archive\/?p=607"},"modified":"2010-03-28T20:52:04","modified_gmt":"2010-03-28T20:52:04","slug":"carmen-eichman-is-conjuring-on-a-sunday-afternoon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/carmen-eichman-is-conjuring-on-a-sunday-afternoon\/","title":{"rendered":"Carmen Eichman is conjuring on a Sunday afternoon"},"content":{"rendered":"


Sunday Afternoon Conjuring <\/span>


Our memories, black backwash,<\/span>
buckle me this afternoon, my silent discourse with you<\/span>
darkens the day.<\/span>
I shove you within the holes of my bones,<\/span>
but you slip out, and I\u2019m trapped in<\/span>
our universe that no longer exists. I can\u2019t<\/span>
chew off a foot, rip away flesh to escape.<\/span>
Can\u2019t take us into the kitchen, cook the past, season it with resolve, use it to<\/span>
sop up the gravy of regret, or throw the left over chunks off my patio<\/span>
into the trees for feral cats and raccoons to eat when the night is darkest.<\/span>

I conjure you, piercing myself, meticulously,<\/span>
the way I stick earrings through my lobes<\/span>
each morning to look pretty; your ghost appears, <\/span>
knows just when to slide up along my back, brush gently<\/span>
against my neck, as I lift my chin, close my eyes. I look for cleansing<\/span>
in new blood but fear clots<\/span>
blocking my heart, my brain. <\/span>
Ach du liebe gott<\/span>. Your passion could make me forget about God.<\/span>
On these afternoons, I stare out windows, <\/span>
past trees, past  buildings, <\/span>
into voids where I push, hard,<\/span>
but seems only through you I breathe,<\/span>
our hands locked, keeping the band on my finger warm, <\/span>
as spring begins and dies.<\/span>


*<\/span> <\/span><\/font>Carmen Eichman<\/span>
\nearned her Masters Degree in Creative Writing & Literature from
\nKansas State University and is now an Assistant Professor of English & Honors Chair, living in North Carolina. Eichman\u2019s poetry has
\nappeared in A
\nLittle Poetry, All Things Girl, The Argotist Online, Subtle Tea,
\nInvisible Ink, The Dan River Review, Borderline, Thick with Conviction<\/span>,
\n and Contemporary American Voices<\/span>
\n to name a few. She is currently at work on her fourth novel and third
\ncollection of poetry.<\/font><\/p>\n

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