Stars on Alabama

from Speaking of Love by Ami Mattison

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Stars on Alabama



"We lived our little drama.
We kissed in a field of white.
And stars fell on Alabama last night." ~Mitchell Paris



The moon creases the ochre sky tonight,
and the taste of red clay in the cracks
of my lips returns me to you, to the dim
room where your mama’s quilt dressed

a sentimental bed, where
the smell of scotch and weed wafted
like your brown fingers along my pale skin.
We slow-danced the blues,

our lips pressing together the secret
between us so the colors of love
wouldn’t be beaten off our backs.
But we never spoke

of this, only met as the quad tower tolled
the library’s closing—you, gunning
your daddy’s red Ford, and me, breathless
laughing, running to catch up.

You drove us to that field of white
blooms and plucked one with your dark,
scarred fingers to reveal for me
the stubborn seeds nestled there.

You gave me something soft.
And hard-pressed between
your naked hands, I shuddered
white stars in a black sky.

You cradled my head in your neck,
chewed on a grass blade while I inhaled
the woods of you, and together, we
let it be.

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from Speaking of Love, released February 10, 2017
Written and performed by Ami Mattison. Epigraph by Mitchell Paris.

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“A spoken word force to be reckoned with” (Atlanta Journal-Constitution), Ami Mattison is “a powerhouse poet...sexy, funny, funky, and yet substantive." (TheTennessean).

Touring since 2002, Mattison has performed at various art venues, festivals, conferences, colleges, and universities throughout the US and Canada. ... more

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