new from above/ground press: Short Cloud, by Natalie Lyalin

Short Cloud
Natalie Lyalin
$5

Yarrow

In the cellar

beets turn the fingers pink

I fly past Godthab

I was approaching it,

and practically could

skim some cloud off the top

A lake makes a sound

when freezing

The road was not lit

I read terrible books

to calm myself

and drank strong tea

I stayed up late

to hear about the curses,

red poppies

In a photo, Pierce Brosnan

wearing a gray jacket

And there I am

kayaking with dolphins,

A quilt in a Pandora’s Box pattern

will cover us, protects us

from the elements

published in Ottawa by above/ground press
August 2019
a/g subscribers receive a complimentary copy

cover image and design by Ariel Cohen

Natalie Lyalin is the author of Blood Makes Me Faint, but I Go for It (Ugly Duckling Presse 2014), Pink & Hot Pink Habitat (Coconut Books 2009), and a chapbook, Try A Little Time Travel (Ugly Duckling Presse 2010). She lives in Philadelphia.

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