ON BEING GRIEVED (2024)
on being grieved, or the chemistry of Lake Superior, pt I:
Your gaze is the underbelly of rocks unskippable
jarred, not smooth enough -
discarded by vacationers.
You look towards - pale blue approaching.
I shut every lash
sweet cold imprints on flesh, over flesh -
hands raised up to check:
I have a body
I have a gaze that is not my own.
I have a body.
I gaze.
And I swim with hands centered, outlined, shaped -
the wet moss surrounds.
I in the water, you thrashing upwards -
late December agate splitting open
cracked and dry skin blue.
on being grieved, or the chemistry of Lake Superior, pt I:
Your gaze is the underbelly of rocks unskippable
jarred, not smooth enough -
discarded by vacationers.
You look towards - pale blue approaching.
I shut every lash
sweet cold imprints on flesh, over flesh -
hands raised up to check:
I have a body
I have a gaze that is not my own.
I have a body.
I gaze.
And I swim with hands centered, outlined, shaped -
the wet moss surrounds.
I in the water, you thrashing upwards -
late December agate splitting open
cracked and dry skin blue.
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