Kristen Lindquist

Compatibility

“Three-Armed Man to Marry Woman with Three Breasts,” the tabloid headline shouts, the bride’s breasts to be perfectly cupped at last. But what about you and I. We have the usual number of parts and they seem to match, but we’re still out of harmony. Even our internal clocks are out of sync, you rising at first light to type away behind a closed door, me up till one a.m. engrossed in the latest vampire-human romance novel.

new moon
the distant lights of tankers
move up the bay

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About the Author

Kristen Lindquist is a poet, writer, and naturalist in Camden, Maine. She has published two collections of poetry and maintains a daily haiku blog at kristenlindquist.com/blog.