Matthew Rohrer > Quotes

“He was a small part of summer,
he was summer’s tongue.”
― Matthew Rohrer

“I believe there is something else

entirely going on but no single
person can ever know it,
so we fall in love.”
― Matthew Rohrer

“Recently I've been dreaming
of cursing old people
with little provocation,
because their culture
has a long history of enslaving,
raping, and segregating,
and they have special lights
which prevent us from dancing.”
― Matthew Rohrer, A Green Light

“And there I was with the stars hanging above my house like live wires
and the night sky the color of stockings.

I stuck out my tongue to taste the sky
but could not taste.

I inhaled deeply
but could not smell.

I used to look to the sky for comfort
and now there was nothing, not even a seam,
and I looked down and saw that it did not even reach the ground.

And my only company was the satellites counting their sleep”
― Matthew Rohrer, A Hummock in the Malookas

“I’m charming and
handsome. They take my pen.
I buy the poem from the garden
of bees for one euro. A touch
on the arm. A mystery word.
The sky has two faces.
For reasons unaccountable
my hand trembles.
In Roman times if they were
horrified of bees they kept it secret”
― Matthew Rohrer