Brother Bullet Quotes

“Here, we yearn to catch what’s always
out of reach, a luminescence.”
― Casandra Lopez, Brother Bullet: Poems (Sun Tracks)

“So frequently
I speak of longing,
a language weighted with
impossibility.”
― Casandra Lopez, Brother Bullet: Poems (Sun Tracks)

“But instead I wonder if I can
love someone who can never know what I’ve lost.

What I really want to ask is: Can I love after that blood
stain I sometimes rub raw? I’m always trying to get at

that hurt. I ask him if he can taste my bitter, and watch
his face for signs of puckering. Will he grow tired of my sour?

The way I serve melancholy for dinner. I’m always inviting ghost
guests to the table.”
― Casandra Lopez, Brother Bullet: Poems (Sun Tracks)

“She was taught
about a madness,
shivering bodies and
fire.
But April death is insistent.”
― Casandra Lopez, Brother Bullet: Poems (Sun Tracks)