Floaters

Shaking my head I scatter
Arabic water in a wiggler's
tire. Conch eggs unravel
against the retina, then
bank with the mud worms
miles away.

Insistent as men they wrinkle
between commas, brackets
and vowels. Penetrating
as cigarette smoke
and as easily lead.

--Liz Linton

 

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