November 21, 2023 - Rahil Najafabadi’s “Editors remark on things changing”

and just stirring near the sewer afloat
the leaves that can’t fit into the drain.
I feel like the patch of heaviness under,
my skin is orange with the day and thin
when the water is warm. could I make
my tea in this corner, no one wants to
write here. alone with ground thoughts,
the ones meant for the tub or across
the asphalt––we drive with no music on.
do editors care about braided lines
about dead lovers on pages with kisses?