You-who-must-not-be-named

by Ewong

Wish stick, Red horse,
green shirt, green mind,
Damien Rice, elevators,
abortion, mix tapes,
Champ, music, museum,
a pink rose, a second rose,
a third one, So Close—
you are too many things!—
swimming, fishballs,
caregiving, eyeglasses,
meringue, Kisses, kisses,
twenty world languages,
Marlboro Black, hickeys,
rest-“room,” Kris Allen,
spinach and artichoke fondue.
I may forget your name.
But not us. Not you.