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Morning poem by Robin Becker

“Morning Poem” by Robin Becker

National Poetry Month - Day Fourteen Men as Friends - Robin Becker

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Listen. It’s morning. Soon I’ll see your hand reach for my watch, the water will agitate in the kettle, but listen. Traffic. I want your dreams first. And to slide my leg beneath yours before the day opens. Wait. We slept late. You’ll be moody, the phone will ring, someone wanting something. Let me put my hands in your hair. Who I was last night I would be again. This is how the future holds me, how depression wakes with us; my body shelters it. Let me put my head on your breast. I know nothing lasts. I would try to hold you back, not out of meanness but fear. Oh my practical, my worldly-wise. You know how the body falters, falls in on itself. Tell me that we will never want from each other what we cannot have. Lie. It’s morning.

— Robin Becker, “Morning Poem”

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Robin Becker, from "Yom Kippur, Taos, New Mexico"

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I love the whir of the creature come to visit the pink flowers in the hanging basket as she does most August mornings, hours away from starvation to store enough energy to survive overnight. The Aztecs saw the refraction of incident light on wings as resurrection of fallen warriors. In autumn, when daylight decreases they double their body weight to survive the flight across the Gulf of Mexico. On next-to-nothing my mother flew for 85 years; after her death she hovered, a bird of bones and air.

ROBIN BECKER

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My Year in Books (Part 7)

I read 51 books in 2020, so here are some short reviews of a few of them. I did quite a few rereads this year, and within this one post are the best and the worst of them. Rereading Stardust was easily the best, while rereading Brains: A Zombie Memoir made me heavily question my taste.

Here’s part 1 if you like things in order. Here’s part 6.

31. Stardust by Neil Gaiman This was a reread for me, and it was just as magical the second time. Maybe more so? I was reading it for a school project and I noticed fun things about it that I hadn't the first time around. It's not gay, but damn is it charming. As is pretty common with Gaiman’s works, expect a trip into a magical realm. The number one thing I love about this book is watching Tristran Thorn grow as a character.

32. Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman Gosh, this was my fourth time trying to read this book, and I finally succeeded. I think the issue was just bad timing, but I really liked it! Gaiman enchants with his magical London Below. The protagonist Richard is sort of useless starting out and we love that about him. My number one gripe is I wish I'd noticed Richard is effing Scottish earlier in the book. This one's not gay either.

33. Brains: A Zombie Memoir by Robin Becker This is the only book I read this year that I HATED. Good god, finishing it was miserable. I don't even know how this happened to me, because this was a reread! I read it in high school (or maybe early college?) and loved it. Just goes to show how stupid I was. The main character is a huge misogynist and SORT OF KNOWS IT but NEVER IMPROVES, so the fact that he's a zombie does not redeem him in my eyes. To top it off, no one is gay. Concept is cool, execution is ridiculous.

34. Foundation by Isaac Asimov I thoroughly enjoyed this one. You don't get to stay with one character for any length of time, but Asimov makes it work. The characters you are introduced to are engaging enough. It also feels very much like a snippet of the entire story, considering the premise (that the Foundation is created to save the galaxy in like . . . a thousand years) so I am interested in continuing the series when there's less on my plate.

35. Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender This one was dope! The romance subverted my expectations. It's gay and trans YA, so obviously had points already starting out, but it caught me off guard in a cool way. There’s also a sort of gut-wrenching mystery and I was NOT expecting the resolution.

Here’s part 8.