BY JASON B. CRAWFORD
For Tony
A field of yellow scatters the 1 AM community park
I am drunk therefore must be in love with you
The type of love that sticks to the back of the knees
midsummer and stays until the first fallen leaf
I am piss drunk off love for you
or the 5 shots of whiskey that smoke like
midsummer and stain the chest like drenched leaves
We roll around the dry grass, dogs shattering in heat
or the shots barreled into the moon still smoking
He asks if he could kiss me on the rough edge of my thigh
Roll around me like a field of shattered glass
and this time I am not too drunk to tell him yes
He asks if he could kiss my thighs like my ex used to
The type of love that sticks to the back of the knees
And this time I am not too drunk to tell him yes
To scatter myself bright yellow in this park at 1 AM
Jason B. Crawford (They/He) was born in Washington DC, raised in Lansing, MI. Their debut chapbook collection Summertime Fine is out through Variant Lit. Their second chapbook Twerkable Moments is out from Paper Nautilus Press. Their debut full length poetry collection Year of the Unicorn Kidz will be out in 2022 from Sundress Publications.