"Blackberry Wine" by Laine Derr

Blackberry Wine

Sleeping next to him
she wishes he quit searching
for an overripe illusion
tasting of blackberry wine
and accepted that he is
a cedar waxwing, gorged
on daily life, unable to fly.

Laine Derr

Laine Derr holds an MFA from Northern Arizona University and has published interviews with Carl Phillips, Ross Gay, and Ted Kooser. Recent work appears or is forthcoming from Antithesis, Portland Review, North Dakota Quarterly, Prairie Schooner, and elsewhere.

Headshot: Alex Barnett

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