Drops
Kerry Trautman
He closed the screen door, stepped
into rain that smelled like worms.
I could only think I wanted
those drops to drizzle
from my scalp to eyebrows.
There are these unexpected
lumps in you,
he said
through the screen.
Like the ridges and pits in
the bottom of hot tubs.
Referring, maybe, to
my need to gulp water--
if it tastes good, very cold,
gulp till I gasp for
my next breath,
letting my blouse get dribbled,
even if it’s silk, which it
never was.
Through the screen I said,
I’m just thirsty.
Born and raised in Ohio, USA, Kerry Trautman is a poetry editor for the journal "Red Fez." Her poetry and short fiction have appeared in various anthologies and in journals such as "Midwestern Gothic," "Alimentum," "Free State Review," "The Fourth River," and "Slippery Elm." Her poetry books are "Things That Come in Boxes" (King Craft Press 2012,) "To Have Hoped" (Finishing Line Press 2015,) "Artifacts" (NightBallet Press 2017,) and T"o be Nonchalantly Alive" (Kelsay Books 2020.)
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