Kelli Russell Agodon

The Ouija Board Said, We’re Floating Like Rilke

Said—All dead things soon. Said—We hair.
Tonight, I have more than I ever had
and still feel loss. Tonight, we blind taste-tested
vodka—France won. The cheapest of the three. 

The Oujia board said—Belief autumn. Said—
Afternoon fairy of foxglove.
Said—Forgive magnanimously. 

I asked—monogamously? Another article
on how to look younger, how to have the body
of a twenty-something. My brain skinny-dips
in the ocean, has a hot girl summer without leaving
my skull. Magenta child. Otherworldly.
Keep your cigars out of my creativity.
The Ouija board says—Love us
as foolish gods
. Says—Late summer fireflies.
My goddess, my godliness, we gave our power away.
If the voices in your head still speak to you, make them
show you who they are.