Inclination

Hallie Fogarty

Poetry

Getting everything 

you asked for and wanting 

more: 

twist of temper,

the sun swollen with light,

fast violence through speakers,


more, more, more.


Specificity entangles me,

infuriates. Conundrums me. 


I once wished I could live long enough

to experience everything.


Thank god my lashes 

didn’t work right for wishing. 

Hallie Fogarty is a poet, teacher, and artist from Kentucky. She received her MFA in poetry from Miami University, where she was awarded the 2024 Jordan-Goodman Graduate Award for Poetry. Her work has been published or is forthcoming in Poetry South, Hoxie Gorge Review, and elsewhere. Find her online: www.halliefogarty.com

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