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Mermaid
Of Syllaships
And reading lists
It is safe to say a paperback
Weighing more than a water bottle
Is not a beach read,
But an odyssey.
She sweats sentences
As the sun rises to its zenith
Heating her barnacled bench.
The ocean scales her body cobalt,
Bellbottom jeans make a mermaid’s tail
Slapping the sea instead of laughing.
The sea is salt and plot
More than reader response theory
Thoughtless she slips into the water:
Tank top, tale and all…