Wednesday, July 20, 2016

STILL AND ALL

by rae armatrout from just saying

1
since we’ve grown,
it’s reasonable to think
we’re shape-shifters,

that the pink hibiscus
with its protruding stamen
is a french kiss

we might still exchange.

*
sun laminates
the shallows

and an old woman
is dressed in gold lame.

2
the sea’s white blurts
do all the talking

here,
lift the weight

i only then
begin to feel.

*
still,
in my nightmare

the doors all
look alike.

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