reservoir
by Emily Jacobi

drive me away from the water           I am not sure
how I feel about damming a river                       stop   
saying we are the same         I can’t decide
what I want for dinner         why I get so opaque      who I will
be when I am home

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note     my spiral as the origin of your epiphany     I am working on detaching      from intrusive concerns         at dinner       thank you       
for digesting my food for me                     project
the menu on the dashboard
I bring you a glass of water while you wait in the parking lot    

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driving away        you are high                           wanting wheel and
speed

I take your phone for directions     lunge for my hand     suggest I am
spoiling      the melodrama!

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seen enough?   
I like to know the end and how to get there   you pick
the film about a man on an island
I choose     conflict between identical twins
the pains of being a mother
road friends     

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drive with clarity     bored of stillness
fuck with the river
use evening to return it 
shape it into something I can’t sip

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Emily Jacobi is a poet and city planner living in Brooklyn.

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