the thirteenth
Hard to Get
For Sarah
I asked to kiss you
and you said no, laughing
as you scampered away
into the house. Years
later, I am still asking,
still leaning in, still grasping
for that coyote smile,
those howling eyes.
Matthew J. Andrews is a private investigator and writer who lives in Modesto, California. His poetry has appeared or is forthcoming in Orange Blossom Review, Funicular Magazine, The Inflectionist Review, Red Rock Review, Sojourners, Amethyst Review, Kissing Dynamite, and Deep Wild Journal, among others. He can be contacted at matthewjandrews.com.
