TWO OF CUPS

BY ERICA REID

Even the  lions sprout  wings 
in  a  dream  this   desperate, 
the   one   you    begged    for, 
early     bedtimes     &     lucid 
machinations.     Here,     you 
finally   have   it —  if  only in 
a       watery      fog     already 
dissipating.   For   now  it   is 
yours:    harmony  true  as  a 
caduceus, clarity  regular  as 
day.   The   dream’s    central 
art:  your   riven   heart,  the 
other half given away.

Erica Reid is the author of Ghost Man on Second, winner of the Donald Justice Poetry Prize (Autumn House Press, 2024). Erica’s poems appear in Rattle, Cherry Tree, Colorado Review, and more. ericareidpoet.com