THINK GOD
In the picture, your hands point
to your temples as you stand in front
of the road sign, squinting as if
in deep thought or prayer. For one week,
the town of Pacific acquired a pair
of trans and lesbian lovebirds. We flitted
where there was to flit: the bar and old
railroad, the patch of wild rye I ran
my fingers though like hair. Nearby,
in front of her house, a white oak
you identified for an old woman
getting married soon. It’s important
to know these things beforehand,
she said, like an acorn held close
to the chest for safekeeping. From the top
of the mountain the toy town
in miniature. I could close one eye
and hold out my fingers, rearranging
what I wanted: finches over the church,
understory trees grown into canopy.
SLOANE SCOTT (they/them) is a nonbinary lesbian poet from Missouri. They are Best New Poets 2025 nominee for their poetry in Up the Staircase Quarterly and the founding editor of like a field, a seasonal journal of art and text.
