Asha Futterman

1 poem

how big is the biggest dandelion


i yank and split the biggest dandelion into paler green

this part is not a body this is the stuff a body moves through

when there is a body to be had

when the flesh of things opens the flesh of things is as big as the lake it goes on and on forever

before it screams after it screams or even if it never screams

when the flesh of things is closed the flesh of things is not a body

though flesh and things may make human noise

the voices that pass my window trucks in the distance and smaller sounds

shadows crossing shadows silences between leaves




Note: The second line of the poem references Time Is The Thing A Body Moves Through by T Fleischmann

 

Asha Futterman is a poet and actor from Chicago. She is an MFA student at Washington University in St. Louis.