Horrigan, Katie

English

Winthrop University

The AnthologyVolume 2013 Article 7April 2013Kitchen CountersKatie HorriganFollow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.winthrop.edu/anthologyPart of the Poetry CommonsThis Poetry is brought to you for free and open access by Digital Commons @ Winthrop University. It has been accepted for inclusion in TheAnthology by an authorized editor of Digital Commons @ Winthrop University. For more information, please contact bramed@winthrop.edu.Recommended CitationHorrigan, Katie (2013) "Kitchen Counters," The Anthology: Vol. 2013 , Article 7.Available at: https://digitalcommons.winthrop.edu/anthology/vol2013/iss1/729284Lark | Ashley Felder 4Kitchen Counters | Katie HorriganImages filter in from time to time, snippets really, just snap-shots of things that don’t exist, and so they won’t exist, even if some of them are half-way clear.Sitting almost bare on your kitchen counterSeems to be on repeatBut keep in mind, I have no ideaWhat your kitchen counter looks likeIn fact, I wouldn’t even know where to beginIt’s just a random counter that I’ve concocted I imagine it’s cool, like most counters areSo I assume that their temperature   Would hit like a cold fire to my overly warm legs.    Regardless though, I’m sitting on this counter  Wearing one of your over-worn buffalo print shirtsI know what those shirts feel likeHaving worn them before, just not yoursIt’ll do though, that older memory  And I’m sitting Indian style  Like a five year old at story time  And that’s how I feel almost,  Listening to you ramble on about   Literature, or jazz, or sex,   I’ve heard you just enough nowTo know this.  There is a cold bottle of something strong, too  Resting pleasantly against the crook of my calf and thighI can envision this, you seeGuessing exactly how these things might feel with youAnd those are the things I seem to be clinging ontoThe rest is just an idea in my mind, one that can construct concrete details, but I can’t construct you, your kitchen counters, or what type of bottle is being cradled by my leg because I don’t know what you keep in your liquor cabinet, or even if you have one, but I’m sure you do.  And so, I’ll continue  To sit almost bare on your kitchen counter or something like it. 

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