Marlin Figgins | The Lost Boy is Quenched | Glass: A Journal of Poetry

Marlin Figgins is a student from Detroit, Michigan. Marlin's work has appeared in Blacklight Magazine and The Shallow Ends. He has recently finished his first manuscript is looking forward to writing more.

Also by Marlin Figgins: The Lost Boy is Romantic The Poet as Glutton Black as Thin Body

July 2018

Marlin Figgins

The Lost Boy is Quenched

I have watched the news every night for ten nights & have heard no voices like yours no silhouettes like ours I have met a woman now she smiles very large & her hair is braided beautifully the news says to boil the water before we drink & I do not the fire reminds me of you of all the works I’ve modeled after yours but don’t you see? I have a lover now I’ve burned all those words I’ve scorched my mouth numb on cheap ramen noodles & hope that in this moment I can become water & that she is much like myself & will drink without worry it is night eleven & the television issues its daily warning Toxins: Men are losing their tongues. Boil your water. & my lover stops to ask “if I did such a thing, what would become of him?”

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