Love in the Furcula
By Matthew Isaac Sobin
We grew apart like a wish
–bone from two fused
clavicles. The unexpected
came at excavation;
that I should grow
new bone once passed
resealing a cavern
cracked in two.
Matthew Isaac Sobin’s (he/him) first book was the science fiction novella, The Last Machine in the Solar System. His poems are in or forthcoming from The Lumiere Review, South Florida Poetry Journal, Midway Journal, Orange Blossom Review, Hearth & Coffin, JAKE, Ghost City Review, MAYDAY Magazine, Roi Fainéant Press, The Hooghly Review, and elsewhere. He received an MFA from California College of the Arts. You may find him selling books at Books on B in Hayward, California.
Artwork Source: “Wishbone,” The Turning Leaf Journal
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