Some Magic
By Donna Vorreyer
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In the kitchen, I refine the alchemy of avocados, salt and stir them into guacamole, this conversion a delicious and knowable magic. Other tricks are difficult to master— cards that repair themselves when torn in two, an assistant who disappears into empty space. I prefer spells within reach—lying prone as a masseuse resets my muscles and meridians or sitting on a weathered chair as vapor rises from the lawn, a spider descending from a branch to thread a new web. Some nights, it is as simple as static on the radio, the hiss of disconnection and departure, or a kiss hello after a day apart. This is the kind of magic I know best, accepting love, returning it. It is this string of years, this bowl of avocados, mashed with lime and garlic, just the way you like it.
Donna Vorreyer is the author of To Everything There Is (2020), Every Love Story is an Apocalypse Story (2016) and A House of Many Windows (2013), all from Sundress Publications. She lives in the Chicago suburbs where she hosts the monthly online reading series, A Hundred Pitchers of Honey.
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I enjoyed this lovely poem by Donna Vorreyer. Grounded and true.