Drowning’s the only
consummation
she has ever
known.
Her hair and clothes
are garbled in the
river,
limbs all
riverine;
her mouth
relentless
as the river’s
mouth.
Listen to her;
to the way she
sings:
garbles and
dignifies
the river of
herself.
Published in Alba magazine. Published in A Brief and Biased History of Love.