“The Goslings, Maine” by Caroline M. Mar (poetry ’13)
An excerpt from “The Goslings, Maine” by Caroline M. Mar (poetry ’13) published by 4×2: An Online Poetry Journal.
The Goslings, Maine
The water calls to my water body. The water
turning aqua-purple, my body diving
deep into Japanese eggplant, my body turning
suddenly nervous at a stroke of jelly green
tendrils along an ankle bone. What is the water?
Breathing, turning, trying to remember
there is nothing here to harm. In the unknown depths
below, sea creatures moving, slow in grey-green
darkness. This water is still as a held breath.
Barely a breeze as I duck back below. I can’t help
but think of purpled mouths opening
like the ray I saw gasping in the fisherman’s hand.
