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Romana Iorga

morning

fitful sleep     and the echo
‌     of footfall     down the hall

the scarf of a dream     lingers‌
‌     in the room     wafts off
as the eyes open     to see

what happened behind closed
‌     eyelids     whose hands
was i cupping     in mine

someone slammed a door     someone
‌     leaped through     an open
‌            window

the skeleton of the night
‌     washes its bones
‌                                    in the rain
‌   water
untouched yet by flesh     except
‌     that     of a dream

i wash my face in its bones

my face   its bones   the light
‌     coming off    the sheets of rain

the cupping of hands     the lips
‌     closing      over the rim
of vowels
‌          like a prayer

Originally from Chisinau, Moldova, Romana Iorga lives in Switzerland. She is the author of two poetry collections in Romanian. Her work in English has appeared or is forthcoming in Lunch Ticket, Harpur Palate, Stoneboat, The Normal School, Cagibi, PANK, and others, as well as on her poetry blog at clayandbranches.com.

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