An Encyclopedia of Everything We've Touched
Mariel Fechik


 
Every dream I have is you,
a plum pitted and soft, a
bear on a cave wall, Sam
Cooke playing on repeat.
Every open curtain a shaft
of light to bathe in. Down
comforter sweated through.
The last time we saw a deer
roaming the woods on its
own, spotted white in the
tail and snapping twigs in
the twilight. An apple held
in your open palm, lace
around a jar. Dusk. Enough
kindness to live inside of.

About the Author:  Mariel Fechik lives in Chicago, IL. She sings in the band Fay Ray and is a music writer for
Atwood Magazine and Third Coast Review. She was recently chosen as a finalist for the Real
Good Poem Prize from Rabbit Catastrophe Review. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in
Hobart, Rust + Moth, Glass: A Journal of Poetry, Noble / Gas Qrtly, and others.

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