P r a i R I E
by
Katherine Gibbel
Katherine Gibbel is a poet whose work has been published in The Bennington Review, Guesthouse, jubilat, Tin House Online, and elsewhere. Prairie is her first chapbook. The poem was written on traditional Abenaki and Meskwaki land.
from P r a i r i e
I am still angry about
the man who slept with my friend
and said he knew me
and said I have a lot of opinions
a phrase about which
I have a lot of opinions
his initials are PS as in
PS she said he was bad at sex
with joy the cranes whirr
lining the clouds with their wings
of the grass I made brass band
to accompany and comply
brash and raucous
this is my party
