What Kind of Dark It Is

by

Published April 1st, 2001

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 Author
Jason 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.