Tangerine-piece smiles peel away flaky tectonic plates,
such a tangy crust and friendly pores say
“
Come in, come in.” We did, and how sticky the moats
of our fingers became with zest and juice—
sloppy kisses in the train station.
....Michael E. Woods is a spoken word poet, journalist, and musician from Independence, MO. His senior thesis at Vanderbilt University is a mixed-genre prose and poetry memoir piece about romantic relationships asserting themselves beyond trauma and anxiety in the Information Age.
