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NORTHEAST OHIO SPOTLIGHT

intimates

Poetry by ​​Zach Savich

​what you can bear to say is not what you can bear to have said or repeat
what’s so honest it can’t be said looking in another’s eye
catalpa breeze a driveway recital 7 child cellists just outside
 
no peace was a wind from far through the house the curtains would move
     from it but to it the windows are bare
dust rises and you can cover your mouth or eyes
I saw no need to forgive me I returned to earth for coffee I had to do it
     and did it nevertheless
 
an ethics of deciding to see
have I loved it enough for it to be enough
here where not even ruin lasts

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Zach Savich

Zach Savich is the author of eight books of poetry and prose, including Daybed (Black Ocean, 2018). Recent work has appeared in publications including Posit, Salt Hill, Barrelhouse, and Jubilat. He is an associate professor at the Cleveland Institute of Art.

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