13/30: Celestite

 

Celestite

 

The veinous interval

Sun splits the trees

The air becomes celestite

We are solvent

Finally

What now to do

but cook these skins

We won’t need them where we’re going

 

 

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Melissa Eleftherion is a writer, a librarian, and a visual artist. She is the author of field guide to autobiography (The Operating System, 2018), & nine chapbooks, including the forthcoming trauma suture (above/ground press, 2020). Born & raised in Brooklyn, Melissa now lives in Mendocino County where she manages the Ukiah Library, teaches creative writing, & curates the LOBA Reading Series. Recent work is available at www.apoetlibrarian.wordpress.com.

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