Drink
Here,
slake thirst
as ocean slakes
a pill of moon;
swallowing little
quivering discs
of moon —
as river moves
like quick skin,
green as the piebald
skin of the green frog
swallowing flies
by this old pond
near the estuary —
slow air warm
as marsh-water,
warm as oasis;
droplets sphere
quivering jungle leaf;
glossy furrows push
out this tap;
gushing life,
clear as relief —
smashing
glass/
smashing
glass.
Katie Beswick is a writer from south east London. Recent poems have appeared in Ink Sweat & Tears, Harpy Hybrid Review, English: Journal of the English Association and Orphic Review. Her debut chapbook Plumstead Pram Pushers is forthcoming from Red Ogre in summer 2024. In March 2024 her poetry installation 'Being Slaggy' was a sellout feature of Camden People's Theatre SPRINT Festival.
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