galaxies and starlight mints
deep eyes and amorous vortices
underwater tresses current-like
the dry ringlets that toss upon a shore
oil in a batter bowl
a pug with a tight-wound tail
the bath that drains down its mysterious hole
a cockeyed boat, pitching sail
dizzy with the day, with love
clouds high aloft at far remove
doodles on marginal ennui
the space that collapses between you and me
by Monica Sharp
Monica lives in Florence, Italy. Her international spirit travels with an American passport. She moonlights as a legal worker when not parenting, project managing, and writing, and edits poetry for Open Doors Review. Find out more at sharpmonica.com.
photo credit: Rafael Cerqueira
Aayo Magazine 