Swaddled in each other,
touching even when they aren鈥檛,
the newlyweds are adorable.
She wants words like 鈥渨heelchair鈥 and 鈥渞efugee,鈥
while he asks for the equivalent
of 鈥渟earch engine optimization鈥
He thinks her concern for social justice is sweet.
She鈥檚 turned on by his computer savvy.
* poem, in its entirety, is available in the printed version of the current issue
Bio:
Kenna Creer Manos鈥 poetry has appeared in numerous periodicals, including the Dalhousie Review, the New Quarterly, the Windsor Review, and previously in Queen鈥檚 Quarterly.