When she wants
to make love
I find myself
in a room
with someone
I don’t know.
So
I tell her
about my life
again.
I take her body
between
my arms.
And then
I change
the position
of my head
on the pillow,
moment
to moment,
remembering
the precise
architecture
of the windows,
but forgetting
the face
I am looking into.
About the AuthorJason Shinder's second book of poems, Among Women, is forthcoming this April from Graywolf Press. He has edited several anthologies, most recently, Tales From The Couch: Writers on Therapy and is series editor for Best American Movie Writing. An interview with Jason is forth-coming in this Fall's AWP Chronicle. He is founder/director of the YMCA National Writer's Voice and Director of Sundance Institute's Writing Program.






