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Rachel Morgenstern-Clarren: Estuarial

November 17, 2015 by PBQ

I’m beyond the wooden houses

on stilts anchored in muck, beyond

 

where grizzlies dig for clams

exposed when the tide goes out

 

& sunlight fills the slough.

Around my waist, algae—green skin

 

taut as milk heated over a flame.

The grainy mud moves

 

as I move, expanding, contracting

between the pressure

 

of my toes.

These legs & lungs evolved

 

to enter other worlds

but not to stay. Brackish animal,

 

I dive into the salt

& roots to be in two places

 

at once: half air, half

water, rippling outward.

Filed Under: Contributors 92, Issue 92, Poetry, Poetry 92 Tagged With: Contributors 92, Poetry, Poetry 92, Rachel Morgenstern-Clarren

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