Aaron Gerber: Levitation Is Easy

Levitation Is Easy

I drink from a mug someone I haven't met

has washed This being

a type of trust

Life is rubbing its legs together like

two competing radios

I've been tuning in

to the song of crickets yet-unborn

When there is no green tea left

who is it that writes green tea

in the corner of her notebook This

being a type of memory

The sun also brings sun with it

The cold air is warm

Sometimes I'm naked when I hold

the cat to my chest and he

is also naked

I tell him my heart is dripping with

methodical dreams

I've been dreaming like a motherfucker

I glide on the solid

parts of the air when I

concentrate and stop concentrating

This being a type of balancing

I believe anyone can do it

I believe whoever drinks next from

the mug will understand I have cleaned it well

I have done all this before

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Aaron Gerber was born in Maine and lived for a while in Portland, Oregon to have a band like everyone else. He holds an MFA from the University of New Hampshire. His poems have appeared in The Minnesota Review, Catch Up, Dokool, and others. Currently he lives in Maine again, where he recovers, does Bikram, and pets cats.