Tommye Blount currently lives in Novi, Michigan — 30 minutes northwest of his hometown of Detroit. A graduate from Warren Wilson College’s MFA Program for Writers, he has been the recipient of fellowships and scholarships from Cave Canem and the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference. He is currently working on his first manuscript.

POETRY

There Is Always a Face to Tend to

By TOMMYE BLOUNT

“You want somebody to break you / by accident.”