She was a shy girl.
A patsy girl. A puddle from spot
shower waiting to be evaporated
and fall elsewhere. Or vaporize
into storm cloud.
A girl with chiaroscuro eyes.
Vector hands. A grabber. A gotcha.
Quicksilver even now, she quite
suddenly peeks out from the top
of time’s long tube.
Waves at the woman, then:
Slips between shadow and stone
as though awaiting
her turn to be noticed.
latest poetry chapbook is Myself Taking Stage (Finishing Line Press, 2014). She’s a multiple Pushcart and Best of the Net nominee, holds an MFA from The New School, and is associate editor of the online journal, First Literary Review-East. Her work has recently appeared or is forthcoming in Fractal Literary Magazine, Marathon Literary Review, Tinderbox, and Zingara Poet, among others. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.