“Dolsot”

Silt stirs from the depths of absent fish-bellies:
the quiet, strangling sounds of water bugs mingle
hot with frayed moments, twisted backwards
as if in a mirror.
I threw the wrong stone,
one I had wanted to keep;
it splits the water on my lips.
I wait

Published August 18, 2024

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