Thought That Nature

'In the middle of the night, when the fruit is scariest. I hold my hand outand feel your nibbling. Don't worry, my eyes are still closed. I've onlypeeked that once. The cold that is your breath-these windowsof fog. If I were outside, I'd read your name backward again and again.Trey Moody is from San Antonio, Texas. He earned an MFA from Texas State University and a PhD from the University of Nebraska. He is the author of the chapbook How We Remake the World, co-written with Joshua Ware, and winner of theSlope Editions Chapbook Prize. '--