Emma Sovich lives in Towson, Maryland. Her writing has appeared in In the Mist, The Washington College
Review, The Medium, The Collegian, and is forthcoming in Ampersand. She is one of three author-printers of
"Dotting the Eye and Crossing the Tea", a letterpress-printed chapbook of poetry. She was recently awarded
the Sophie Kerr Prize.
Review, The Medium, The Collegian, and is forthcoming in Ampersand. She is one of three author-printers of
"Dotting the Eye and Crossing the Tea", a letterpress-printed chapbook of poetry. She was recently awarded
the Sophie Kerr Prize.
Emma Sovich
Long Distance
Instead of pining over sex,
I miss how you call me fat
and full of ducks.
I suppose if my heart stutters
when I see you again
or when my phone sings
"White and Nerdy"
it might be love -- but that in truth
could be my arrhythmia.
One day, instead of asking why
I'm full of ducks, I might wonder
why you no longer insist it.
Instead of pining over sex,
I miss how you call me fat
and full of ducks.
I suppose if my heart stutters
when I see you again
or when my phone sings
"White and Nerdy"
it might be love -- but that in truth
could be my arrhythmia.
One day, instead of asking why
I'm full of ducks, I might wonder
why you no longer insist it.