grace

… filling in the negative space with positively everything

Andrew Kim

Andy was a firefly
collecting teardrops from the ether
to water marigolds
gift-wrapped in a Perrier bottle.

Andy was lavender
raising his arms heavenward
to photosynthesize
sunshine and God into aromatic energy.

Andy was a blue finch
singing the melodies we buzzed to
in Schapiro Hall honeycombs
on 116th and Broadway.

Andy was a prophet,
a palomino of pure gold,
who broke the seal with sunflowers
and spirited me from my tomb
to snow pillow-topped pastures on silent nights in the Quad.

Andy was the man I should have married
when I had the chance
but everyone said girls like me
don’t like guys like him
and we believed them.
They were wrong.

Andy was the person I always wanted to be.

Andy was a butterfly
cocooned in a cubicle on the 93rd
and crushed in the name of God
on September 11th.

For Andy (1975-2001)

Andrew Kim

Andy was a firefly
collecting teardrops from the ether
to water marigolds
gift-wrapped in a Perrier bottle.

Andy was lavender
raising his arms heavenward
to photosynthesize
sunshine and God into aromatic energy.

Andy was a blue finch
singing the melodies we buzzed to
in Schapiro Hall honeycombs
on 116th and Broadway.

Andy was a prophet,
a palomino of pure gold,
who broke the seal with sunflowers
and spirited me from my tomb
to snow pillow-topped pastures on silent nights in the Quad.

Andy was the man I should have married
when I had the chance
but everyone said girls like me
don’t like guys like him
and we believed them.
They were wrong.

Andy was the person I always wanted to be.

Andy was a butterfly
cocooned in a cubicle on the 93rd
and crushed when the lights went out
on September 11th.

For Andy (1975-2001)

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