Jouissance

Natalie Marino

In the dark of night 
I am a sea listening 
to my own silver. 
I turn into  
a truth teller,  
swimming naked  
under summer stars. 
I read beach stones 
and watch weeds  
in the sand  
turn into mermaids. I
make my own joy
waiting for a pink flower 
to dawn. 

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Natalie Marino is a poet, physician, and mother. Her work appears in Anti-Heroin Chic, Barren Magazine, Capsule Stories, Green Ink Poetry, Literary Mama, Moria Online, Re-side, and elsewhere. She also reads poetry submissions for Bracken Magazine and The Southampton Review. She lives in Thousand Oaks, California with her husband and two daughters.

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