The THIS of It – for Nic
the vastnesses of exchange
that ventilate –
the sliced open hole in the bleeding
trachea of life
the THIS beyond the language that gives it life
in the deep deepnesses of now
that suture this love on your everything. THIS.
your story shared [THIS] your naked ode [THIS]
here in the knowing of supple scars –
provoked acknowledged swallowed the ecstasy
of being YOU [THIS] [ALWAYS YOU]
Congratulations, Nic Brewer!
So happy to celebrate Nic Brewer’s first published novel, Suture, from the great Book*hug press!
Um, buy it and read it, like, right now.
VANESSA SHIELDS, writer 