Beverly A. Jackson

To Be Water

not in water—

not whale or porpoise

seeking sonar depths,

tiles of sun trapped

in surface glint—

but the wet ooze,

the slackjawed, spooky renegade

of slosh and wave, tidal flood,

blind mammoth rolled in slumber,

sexed up with trailed sperm, seaweed,

over sands awhorl in fierce unrest,

tails of skates whipping the floors

or a rivulet of sweat on the flank of a mare

or the spit under the tongue of a liar,

or a final drop gliding on sclera

as yet unshed.

previously published in Frigg Magazine.

Beverly A. Jackson is a painter and writer living in Las Cruces, N.M. Her work can be seen in over 100 venues both online and in print. She was the founder/EIC of Lit Pot Press, Ink Pot online journal and Literary Pot Pourri which she closed in 2006.

Beverly A. Jackson

To Be Water

not in water—

not whale or porpoise

seeking sonar depths,

tiles of sun trapped

in surface glint—

but the wet ooze,

the slackjawed, spooky renegade

of slosh and wave, tidal flood,

blind mammoth rolled in slumber,

sexed up with trailed sperm, seaweed,

over sands awhorl in fierce unrest,

tails of skates whipping the floors

or a rivulet of sweat on the flank of a mare

or the spit under the tongue of a liar,

or a final drop gliding on sclera

as yet unshed.

previously published in Frigg Magazine.

Beverly A. Jackson is a painter and writer living in Las Cruces, N.M. Her work can be seen in over 100 venues both online and in print. She was the founder/EIC of Lit Pot Press, Ink Pot online journal and Literary Pot Pourri which she closed in 2006.

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