Poetry by Jazmine Ellington
Aquarius
water bearer do you remember how we met because i don’t but i do
remember how when we met i did not like you very much but
before i knew it my kinks and your waves were tangled together as we
giggled heads together in geometry i do remember how quickly you fell
asleep on the bus to i don’t remember where but i do remember how
you whispered i love this song as we listened to my immortal i don’t
remember how but you got me the cowardly lion to promise you, my
yang that i would ride anything that you rode even though i am
terrified of heights but i do remember how every year we goofed off in
a photo booth and how when i cried you wiped away all of my tears
and when you cried i made you laugh until you were snorting because
of puns that you love so much but can never think of as many as me
then you call me lucky buns and i do remember how you like tickling
me because i squeak and how you were excited because you had
tanned and i laughed then you showed me your stomach
and i laughed harder when i think about the evanescence of life i will
always remember how much i love you
water bearer do you remember how we met because i don’t but i do
remember how when we met i did not like you very much but
before i knew it my kinks and your waves were tangled together as we
giggled heads together in geometry i do remember how quickly you fell
asleep on the bus to i don’t remember where but i do remember how
you whispered i love this song as we listened to my immortal i don’t
remember how but you got me the cowardly lion to promise you, my
yang that i would ride anything that you rode even though i am
terrified of heights but i do remember how every year we goofed off in
a photo booth and how when i cried you wiped away all of my tears
and when you cried i made you laugh until you were snorting because
of puns that you love so much but can never think of as many as me
then you call me lucky buns and i do remember how you like tickling
me because i squeak and how you were excited because you had
tanned and i laughed then you showed me your stomach
and i laughed harder when i think about the evanescence of life i will
always remember how much i love you
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Jazmine Ellington is an English major at Cleveland State University. When she’s not giving belly rubs to her dogs, she’s playing Minecraft or reading. Jazmine likes to string words together. Her work can be found in Nightlightzine, Twisted Sister, Seafoam Magazine, Entropy Magazine, ColdCoffeeStand, Feminine Collective, and Z Publishing House.
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