MICHAEL JULIANI

Posing Nude

After the breakup, we both admit
we still crave

this kind of afternoon: no curtains,
dirty auburn light,

and her locked wrist
shading my angles

while the sun’s last rays
bend over me.

Michael Juliani is a poet, editor, and writer from Pasadena, California. His poems have appeared in outlets such as the Bennington Review, Washington Square Review, Sixth Finch, Epiphany, Bear Review, SARKA, and NECK. He lives in Los Angeles.