Human Bibliothèque

By Carolyn Gevinski

You deserve so much more than a poem.
The blue sky you crave, a moonlit sea
to envelop thee, that rushing midnight flood I can be.
“Don’t fade, please don’t fade,”
I pray—and I never pray.
Sistine Chapel in rainbow,
Bring me by high-speed rail, let me see,
please?
I’ll write you my kisses for a fleeting eternity.

Carolyn Gevinski’s poems have been published in Lavender Review and are forthcoming in Scapegoat Review. Her journalism can be found in El País, GLAMOUR, Grassroots Magazine, Al Jazeera, and Out Magazine. She is a graduate of Columbia Journalism School, where she currently works on their postgraduate investigative team.