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.