When it is already after seven
\nand in the lit pantry all she can do is study your countenance
\nnot catch it<\/p>\n
when the walls are too thick to trace the stud
\nso you plow another ashy hole into the plaster<\/p>\n
when you have no stomach for the lentils
\nwarm on the stove
\nor for the dough worked through her fingers
\nno eyes for the tattoo that curves
\nblue along her back<\/p>\n
when you are too far gone trying
\nto ride the elephants of your day
\nand she tugs you elsewhere
\nfor a crisp walk up Thomas Blvd<\/p>\n
presses her thumb and when you are without humor when you are standing on the doorstep, loose-limbed and losing __________<\/span>lemon balm, lemon balm, lemon balm<\/em><\/p>\n and she must tie each arm back with a silk scarf then you will slide back into blood You always slide back home.<\/p>\n When it is already after seven and in the lit pantry all she can do is study your countenance not catch it when the walls are too thick to trace the stud so you plow another ashy hole into the plaster when you have no stomach for the lentils warm on the stove or for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[14],"tags":[25],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/s6Jypy-lesson","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4325"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4325"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4325\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10308,"href":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4325\/revisions\/10308"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nbeneath your nose
\nsaying:
\n__________<\/span>\u201cIt\u2019s lemon balm.
\n__________<\/span>We could make salve this winter.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nwhen her daily acts of improvisation are sudden erotic enjambments
\nthe oak door you\u2019ve locked yourself outside of<\/p>\n
\nand you have forgotten
\nhow to enter again, and all you can parse is:<\/p>\n
\ntightly a knot for each wrist<\/p>\n
\nyou will slide back home.<\/p>\nJenny Johnson<\/a><\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"