The Feat of Mention Blue

Desire wraps around thin shoulders chilled with light

An envelope of protection warms daylight

Ocean on skin akin to laying on of hands

I shelter in place return to felt familiar poverty

An envelope of protection warms daylight

Between us thought replaces speech

I shelter in place return to felt familiar poverty

Mental models rinse experience with bard song

Between us thought replaces speech

What leeches courage is the everyday brash body hurt

Mental models rinse experience with bard song

Wheat toned hair flickering mid-wind is wheeled away

What leeches courage is the everyday brash body hurt

I skirt responsibility and flirt with depth perception call it learning

Wheat toned hair flickering mid-wind is wheeled away

Her hair shampooed a rinseable shade of blue

I skirt responsibility and flirt with depth perception call it learning

Where perimeter of earth was once believed in

Her hair shampooed a rinseable shade of blue

Personality and tonality go toe to toeprint

Where perimeter of earth was once believed in

Thin line between pleasure and fealty stray give way

Personality and tonality go toe to toeprint

I warm to who I think is you in breathful distance

The line between pleasure and fealty stray give way

My depth of feeling enshrined in cornflower morning

I warm to who I think is you in breathful distance

Existential girth maintains numens of worth

My depth of feeling enshrined in cornflower morning

Ocean on skin akin to laying on of hands

Existential girth maintains numens of worth

Desire wraps around thin shoulders chilled with light

SHEILA E. MURPHY appeared in Fortnightly Review, Poetry, Hanging Loose, others. Forthcoming: Escritoire (Lavender Ink). Permission to Relax (BlazeVOX Books, 2023). Gertrude Stein Poetry Award for Letters to Unfinished J. (Green Integer Press, 2003). Hay(ha)ku Book Prize for Reporting Live From You Know Where (Meritage Press, 2018).

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