“In Love” by Chloe Martinez (Poetry ’09)

Poetry alumn Chloe Martinez was recently featured in SWWIM. Read an excerpt from “In Love” and find a link to the full text below:

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In Love

I’m in love with you, coffee,
and with you, green ink in my pen,
and with you, imaginary reader.
I’m in love with you, recirculated office air
that gets a little too warm, then
a little too cold, because now I am
putting on and taking off repeatedly
this shawl I got long ago
when I was a student,
living in India for the first time,

Continue reading here:  Chloe Martinez | SWWIM