Ray Heinrich

sleeping with the moon



i'm in my ninth month 
and my belly 
is doing a good imitation of a melon
(though it's really not green enough)

i've known since the sonogram
that i was pregnant with the moon
and now 
i turn out the lights at night
and watch it's glow
and imagine the delivery 
spreading my legs
the beam of soft light
shining from me

it happened last summer
all those nights on the roof
sleeping under the stars
and yes 
it's true
sleeping with the moon

angel



angel lehman was 16 
when she took her mother's pills
i remember
at school 
i remember 
saving this 
from the paper
and now
it's dated 30 years ago
and so it's easy 
to add 30 and 16 
and figure you 
would have been 46 today

i pick up the phone
i know your number
i want to call
and tell you everything