Poem-A-Day: Pleasure by Katie Peterson

October 25, 2013 Pleasure by Katie Peterson     I remembered what it was like,  knowing what you want to eat and then making it,  forgetting about the ending in the middle, looking at the ocean for  a long time without restlessness,  or with restlessness not inhabiting the joints,  sitting Indian style on a porch  overlooking that water, smooth like good cake frosting.  And then I experienced it, falling so deeply  into the storyline, I laughed as soon as my character entered  the picture, humming the theme music even when I'd told myself I wanted to be quiet by some freezing river  and never talk to anyone again.  And I thought, now is the right time to cut up your shirt.       Copyright © 2013 by Katie Peterson. Used with permission of the author.   About This Poem "Breakups are rough. Sometimes you don't get your stuff back."   --Katie Peterson Most Recent Book by Peterson The Accounts (University of Chicago Press, 2013)              Poem-A-Day Launched during National Poetry Month in 2006, Poem-A-Day features new and previously unpublished poems by contemporary poets on weekdays and classic poems on weekends. Browse the Poem-A-Day Archive.   Katie Peterson is the author of several books of poems, including The Accounts  (University of Chicago Press, 2013). She teaches at Tufts University and lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.   Related Poems Footprint on Your Heart by Gary Lenhart Provisional by Catherine Bowman Sita by Jason Schneiderman __________________________ Love reading Poem-A-Day? Help support it today.     Thanks for being a part of the Academy of American Poets community. To learn about other programs, including National Poetry Month, Poem in Your Pocket Day, the annual Poets Forum, and more, visit Poets.org.

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