Beth Cash
“Snapping Turtle,” “Terrestrial Stage of the Red-Spotted Neut,” and “Our Anniversary Before Surgery”
I float in the pond
on my blue mat,
splash away deer flies,
close my eyes in the baking sun.
The mat deflates, I am
half in the water, legs and head
cradled on the remaining air.
on my blue mat,
splash away deer flies,
close my eyes in the baking sun.
The mat deflates, I am
half in the water, legs and head
cradled on the remaining air.