Two Poems and a Collection by Leslie Contreras Schwartz (poetry, ’11)

In addition to a “Weep Holes in Body,” a poem published at Tinderbox Poetry Journal, Leslie Contreras Schwartz (poetry, ’11) is celebrating the release of her second collection of poetry, Nightbloom & Cenote.

Below is an excerpt from her poem, “No One Asked What Happened (And I Wouldn’t Have Had The Words),” published at Rogue Agent Journal.

 No One Asked What Happened (And I Wouldn’t Have Had The Words)

he smiled in the rearview mirror, he was driving [

 

fifteen, nine months old                      ]

 

my face [                                                                                             my back on the hood                                                                          ­

 

she arched on the screen         ]

 

swallowed                                                                                                                   no

 

carried

 

felony of the first degree                              the Texas code § 22.011 defines two degrees of the crime sexual
assault                                             the victim was a person whom the actor was prohibited from marrying
or purporting to marry or with whom the actor was prohibited from living under the appearance of being
married under Section 25.01

 

in                                                                            the throat […continue reading here]