Husk
by Samantha Malay
published in The Path of Birds: Poets on the Rise (Flying Ketchup Press 2023)
ISBN-13 978-1970151404
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1970151404


songs of peach pits
and sunburnt necks
bare legs stuck to plastic slats
dandelion roots in wilted piles

fork tine on placemat stain
decisions made in other rooms
shower drain hair knots
and half-sleep

brother and sister
sort the soft fruit
dream of new jeans
beach dusk
wing windows open to cigarette smoke
and unmarked departures
from debris fields
of family life