Taylor Johnson is from Washington, DC. Their poems appear in The Baffler, Indiana Review, Scalawag, and the Paris Review, among other spots. Their first book, Inheritance, will be published in Fall 2020 with Alice James Books. Taylor lives in southern Louisiana where they listen.

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By TAYLOR JOHNSON

The train stopped, still loads new passengers, but the conductor won’t let me get off and kiss you. You know that’s what I haunted to do.