West Trade Review Online Exclusive: Under a Honey Dipped Moon" by Alex Gurtis

Alex Gurtis

Alex Gurtis is a poet and critic whose work has appeared or is forthcoming in Aquifer: The Florida Review Online, Autofocus, Barrelhouse, HAD, The Shore, and others. A ruth weiss Foundation Maverick Poet Award Finalist, Alex received his MFA from the University of Central Florida and is the co-owner of the independent bookstore, Zeppelin Books. You can find him on X @Alexgurtis, on Instagram @apbg_alex, and his website https://alexgurtis.squarespace.com/.

Under a Honey Dipped Moon

I dreamt we gave birth to a luna moth.

Outside, it was raining

and the entire middle class kneeled

with cupped hands to drink

the only freshwater left on Earth.

The storm intensified, shaking our window

so hard it broke into a light

that wrapped itself around our wings.

Imbibed, we flew out over Orange Avenue

becoming the honey dipped moon

that turned rain gold. We could all

afford to pay our debts.

Back at our apartment, the glow

of a waning crescent body was cast

on our sheets, where warmth rose and fell

with the rhythm of the rattling branches.

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