as i sink into a bathtub (ii)


Andrew Landay
BFA ILL 2024


like you,  
    i     wish
to shed my fear of         firsts
            translucent 
        bodies
            show the most when     flustered
        and         like glycerin,
    i form peaks before
settling to my unchanging
shape.     this
            see-through
        heartbeat, as it
    echolocates
that of
            a
        comparable frequency,
        will come across shards     of silica
        bearing resemblance to
sea glass before they return onshore—


Andrew Landay is separating layers of nacre from pearls.

Mark