Sea Glass as Mourning

By Virginia Laurie

I wrote your name into my body
somewhere above the blue 
of my navel, something 
crystal, 

something balcony at the beach,

some death thing 
holding sand 
inside my hair.

Virginia Laurie studies English at Washington & Lee University. She has published in Apricity Magazine, South Florida Poetry Journal, Phantom Kangaroo, Cathexis Northwest Press, and more. Find her online at virginialaurie.com.

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