My words are more toad
than diamond.

I can feel them,
sticky toed against my vocal cords

their smooth wet bellies
dragging against my tongue

I can kiss all day
and it will change nothing

but the taste of pond water
in my mouth

Kaela Martin

 

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Kaela Martin’s work has appeared in Thin Air Magazine, Catfish Creek, THAT Literary Review, On the Veranda, and others.

Artwork: Līga Klavina, Water
Website: http://liigaklavina.deviantart.com/

 

 

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