Diamonds

Orly Berkowitz-Henkin

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i would rather not
wake with arms of glue and legs of blue numb, drowsy,
reaching for hairy chest and crusted eyelashes,
swishing my palms across empty sheets

i will pick him up, drive him to his places.
he will not know mine, nor will he ask if i
changed something about my hair.
i did, it’s a half-inch shorter

we will trudge down concrete sidewalks
window shopping with empty wallets. i
will stop in front of panes of shiny glass,
voice quivering, i will say: look at all the
diamonds

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Orly Berkowitz-Henkin

is a graduate student at New York University pursuing her masters in Social Work. She is a recent graduate from Haverford College and she is from Brooklyn, New York.