Addie Mahmassani
Moon Dog
we didn’t fall asleep we fell into the tremolo · lullaby bound · powder sound · sometimes hooing · sometimes moaning in · a round · sequin memory · obsidian blankets of waves
and within them restless · was rest · flawless · was flaw · dark was light and nothing was sinking · nothing was fading · guilt was a glinting sliver · on its way out · and nothing was
you and me · moon dog · thudding through pines forever · down that weightless trail of snow · where you’re not a tramp you’re a whole · silver sheep dog · and i’m your whole · silver world · we finally found it · that shimmering frisbee · full body mirror of time
Addie Mahmassani is a poet, musician, and historian originally from the East Coast. She holds a PhD in American Studies from Rutgers University and is completing an MFA in poetry at SJSU. She covers arts and entertainment for newspapers around the Bay and served as poetry editor for Reed Magazine Issue 156.