by Alexandra Lunn-Greep
and facing and
sick and not touching and no house leaving
convenient not touching and watching the sun slowly seep along
the edge of the headlands slowly sitting sun and lady
get out of here will ya? and I do need out
and living on so much less to breathe over the water and
there is oil in that bay now sitting and not touching and
the sun retreats along the skyline and something necessary
dies in deep water and somewhere he is out there
watching the sun
and slicker on the same
water and some sun
-drenched blondes and a dog
walk by and time is struck
by how small and how his little legs move like a centipede’s
and you wonder where his head is and his tongue lashes at a bee
wildly and nowhere is as happy as that creature gorging himself
on seeded hillside grasses and time is mentioned by your mutual
and you nod and you hold your tongue as if you were
and facing and
asking for lenient love and
heaping leaping particles of sand
over your head and you play
the bottle like a whisper
into the bay and hope that he hears
the music of it and it’s a dream
you get fucked from behind by an old lover and
you look back at him and four dress sizes return to the underworld
and your ass is a perfect conversation heart and you
thank unknown gods that you are finally a metaphor
that is not a planet or a dying dust storm in space.
Kari Flickinger is the author of The Gull and the Bell Tower (Femme Salvé Books). Her work has been nominated for Best of the Net and the SFPA Rhysling Award. She is an alumna of UC Berkeley.
Alexandra Lunn-Greep: Alongside taking photographs (as a complete amateur) Alexandra thoroughly thrives and grows immersing herself in nature, music, painting, gardening, dancing, writing and singing. In this present moment, she is a dedicated full time single mum of twins Gem and Ini who will be turning seven soon. She is beautifully supported by her family and friends, and works part time as a Forest School Leader. After living and working in Europe from 2010-2016, a spiritual awakening and self-evolution started and only continued since then. She speaks basic Spanish and Dutch and loves to travel with her children.