C.M. Rivers

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Plums, Icebox

(for William Carlos Williams)

blanket of blue
beneath Picasso's
House in the Countryside
two dogs asleep

the rain stops
guitar strings drift
out of tune in the heat
you're in the kitchen again

mouth lilac
with cold fruit
the kind you never
could resist

C.M. Rivers grew up reading books on rainy days near Portland, Oregon. The author of two books of poetry, his work has appeared in literary magazines and journals across the U.S.. Find more of his writing at cmrivers.com, or visit his poetry podcast "Why Am I Telling You This?".