Celestial Scrapbook

Poem
Written By Hannah Yerington

Space


I want big love and a pair of moon tits,

a space babe with planet buns,  


our bodies wrapped in interstellar silk,

candles blazing like comets.


Bed


She leaves our window open for astral voyagers, 

blankets lit by falling stars turned fire,


We embroider constellations on our wrists, felt chimeras

into our skin, our stomachs soft with wool.  


Bath


The tub fills with orange petals,

the zinnias on the space station have bloomed, 


under water, there are craters in our skin,

bathtub boobs floating like moons,


when we leave the warm water,

I teach her the prayer for wandering stars. 

Hannah Yerington

Hannah Yerington is a poet, a Jewish Arts and Magic educator, and the director of the Bolinas Poetry Camp for Girls. She comes from Bolinas, California, and currently lives in Bellingham, Washington with her old gentleman dog, Paddington. She has an MFA from Bowling Green State University. When she’s not writing, she’s drinking tea, or talking to flowers, preferably at once. Her first chapbook, Sheologies, comes out from Minerva Rising Press Spring 2023.

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