Head

new poem by C.M. Crockford

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Head

I made a blowjob joke or -

I’m told I made one -

Glenside sushi spot -

Two non-witnesses -

I made her friend uncomfortable -

No, her face said “uncomfy” -

So I read the text -

So I heard -

I’m sorry, I can’t recall -

Our inner politician -

Deny, deny, deny -

Cigarette burns -

Memory fragmented -

There were black and white

Porcelain bowls, there were

snow crab rolls, gyoza,

ribs impaled on sticks,

millennial talking points -

There was the last blowjob -

Her knees bent by the queen -

Lips pursed, her thick, patient eyes -

She was efficient, she was content -

Spit smeared, watching me give -

Nothing else comes up

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C.M. Crockford’s first poetry collection, Birdsongs, was published with Alien Buddha Press in 2024. He is currently working on his second. His writing has been featured in The Cleveland Review of Books, Afterimages, Bulb Culture, Vast Chasm, and Broad Sound among others. He lives in Philadelphia with his cat Wally and can be reached at cmcrockford.net.