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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SURVIVORS, by TIMOTHY LIU Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Some mornings I do not hear
Subject(s): Gay Men; Relationships
First Line: Some mornings I do not hear
Subject(s): Gay Men; Relationships
Some mornings I do not hear
the alarm go off. The lightest
touch will startle me awake,
filling our bedroom with cries
of birds. It's not the hours
spent in therapy, nor self-help
books stacked beside our bed,
that keep me up until four
each night -- it's your body
reeking of alcohol. Hold me
like a dream that will dissolve,
a childhood you never had.
Go on sleeping while I count
fifty dollar bills floating
up the chimney, black sheep
without a shepherd. It's not God
we trust, but ash, spindled
faces that never cracked a smile.
Used with the permission of Copper Canyon Press, P.O. Box 271, Port Townsend, WA
98368-0271, www.cc.press.org
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