Communicating with a Larger Body of Water

by Suzanne Nielsen 
 
I see her move about town
same old soul
tattoo tear etched
under her skin
leading to a labyrinth
of stories unfolding
like curvy cobblestone streets
that Charles Dickens
wandered.
Lagging
by a lagoon in lower town
she is that creature
down under
lurching
longing
forthcoming.

© 2004 by Suzanne Nielsen. All rights reserved.
Suzanne Nielsen has been published in various literary journals nationally and internationally; most recently her work has appeared in The Comstock Review, Brick and Mortar Review, Mid-America Poetry Review, Asphodel and 580 Split. She also won a year’s supply of Blue Bunny ice cream from the St. Paul Saints.