Alex Gregor

a gulp of swallows 

i chew up 
your lips 
and swallow them.
they sprout 
and take root 
in my intestines.
the leaves 
grow 
in my lungs 
and the stems 
in my throat. 
they flower 
in my mouth, 
and a swarm 
of honeybees 
pollinates them, 
and when they seed, i spit them 
out 
and 
up, 
and they transform
into eggs 
hatching 
a gulp 
of 
swallows, 
flying into your eyes
and nesting 
in the rafters 
in the back 
of your skull, 
and in the sunroom
behind your
ribcage.

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Alex Gregor is a writer, editor, and educator from Atlanta, Georgia currently living in Rome, Italy. He is one of the founding editors of OOMPH! Press, the banjo player in the band, The Ship & The Swell, and a member of the Department of English Language & Literature at John Cabot University. Find out more at www.marginalcomets.com