i allow you
to zip me down
to the organs
and your fingers blunder
feeling
like an apology
like a debt
you allow me
to zip you up
in your sleeping bag
breathing evening out
feeling
like a handshake
like currency
Casey Epstein-Gross is a student at Wesleyan University, where she was recently awarded the Sophie and Anne Prize for Poetry. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in various journals, including Sugar House Review, Soundings East, Permafrost, and Thin Air Magazine.