Kevin Varrone is the author of G-Point Almanac: Passyunk Lost (Ugly Duckling Presse, 2010). He is a cofounder of Beautiful Swimmer Press and teaches literature and writing at Temple University.
POEM I WROTE SITTING ACROSS THE TABLE FROM YOU
Kevin Varrone
if I had two nickels to rub together
I would rub them together
like a kid rubs sticks together
until friction made combustion
and they burned
a hole in my pocket
into which I would put my hand
and then my arm
and eventually my whole self––
I would fold myself
into the hole in my pocket and disappear
into the pocket of myself, or at least my pants
but before I did
like some ancient star
I’d grab your hand