nora rose tomas
Will You Think About Me Later
drive me to the lake
drive in your car hand out the window saying the
names of so many women so erotic to hear you miss them
could one of them be me
clean throw out my clothes
take off my clothes and show you the water
maybe it’s erotic to be me
could you say nora looking at the lake
here I took off my clothes
you’ll drive me home later drive your hand somewhere out the window maybe
could I be in your car later in my clothes
there are so many women to miss when you look out the window
there are so many windows into women and cars
you drove me to the lake and it was
to take off our clothes and go in did you look at the lake and think nora
when I was standing there naked in the water did you think I’ll remember to miss her later
wet in your car you rolled down the window
I say something about women you say something about the car I hope it was my body in
the window next time can you please try to remember this
Nora Rose Tomas is a queer writer living in Brooklyn. She received her M.F.A. in writing from Columbia University and her B.A. from Sarah Lawrence College. Her work has been longlisted for the Graywolf Nonfiction Prize as well as nominated for the Pushcart, Best of Net, and Best Small Fictions. Her writing has appeared or is forthcoming in The Iowa Review, The Colorado Review, Epiphany, Taco Bell Quarterly, The Harvard Review, Copper Nickel, and Pinch, among others.