blackmail press 40
Grace Taylor
first published issue 39



The fecund people - Andy Leleisi'uao 2014
index
Held


Full blood rush running
for months
tear soaked till I am
bone dry

I return
to the ocean in me

exchanging salt for salt

my lips drenched wet enough
they become dry
silencing my speech
offering me the chance

to
just
exist

I am held
by the weight of what I can’t hold
knowing I am enough
aches, pains and all that is ungraceful

this moment
so rare