That Kind of Happy

by Maggie Dietz

Book Overview

October Aubade

If I slept too long, forgive me.

A north wind quickened the window frames
so the room pitched like a moving train

and the pillow's whiff of hickory
and shaving soap conjured your body

beside me. So I slept in the berth
as the train chuffed on, unburdened

by waking's cold water, ignorant
of pain, estrangement, hunger and

the crucial fuel the boiler burned
...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 022634939X
• ISBN13: 9780226349398
• Release Date: April 2016
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 80 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.4" x 8.3"