3 May 2025
submitted to Island 175 25 June 2025
in tracey’s dress
inked nudes in blue wash crawl
sore from pink withdrawal
drag their knees and bellies through
burgs of paint tubes and
delicate stained floes the word
‘opera’ is projected and ‘desire’
backwards on each back
the floor is warm
a bottle of sirarcha is
drizzled over them
kinked symphony
the shine of life
they worm
into a hot glue
igloo