Another Storm by Lavina Blossom

Another Storm

On our walk this morning,
we argued over a movie scene—
what it was intended to mean
in context. I said I didn’t agree, he
reiterated his point as if repetition
would convince me, until I said,
“Could we not talk about this
anymore?” and he snapped back,
“You never let me finish,”
which he knew was not true.

Yet I’d rather he tell me quickly
how he feels. He used to bank
resentments, then flash a jagged bolt
that seemed from nowhere. Better
for us to thunder back and forth,
like today, when the force of our
resistance kicks up leaves and dust,
each of us sure we are right, pushing
forward, braced and buffeted,
fists at hat brims, holding tight.

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Lavina Blossom’s poems have appeared in various journals, including 3Elements Review, Common Ground Review, Book of Matches, The MacGuffin, and Poemeleon. Her flash fiction has appeared in 10 by 10 Flash, Every Day Fiction, Bull, and Okay Donkey. Here to Be Remade, her chapbook of poems and visual art, was published by Bamboo Dart Press.