DON'T STOP

Nora Iris Mitchell

I wake up in the night

Climb out of bed.

At the top of the stairs

The house isn't quiet or dark anymore

There are hundreds of people inside

There's a huge party

Everyone's wearing a dress or button down shirt in an explosive color

And there are drinks everywhere.

All the drinks seem to be sherry

The drink most elusive and adult to me.

Sitting next to you on the stairs

I think

You would be so terrible to look at behind something like glass,

You would look something like a trillion-dollar plane ticket

If you weren't inching towards me

If our legs weren't touching.

Run your hands over me like I'm a circuit board

Open up the railways