Malak Mattar, Untitled (detail), 2024, charcoal on paper
Vial Trapped in a Fairy Tale
There was one curl sunny
in the water & I could but
wonder was she drowning
& is there any once upon
a time. Postpone your
departure, love, this may
be a miracle in the offing.
The river’s looking glass
glints ruthlessly northward
& there’s tensile strength
to the locks. I ransom no
body from the gallows &
even so, the brink of that
place goes on stalking me.
Suzanne Heyd is the author of Crawl Space (2007, Phylum Press) and Fascicles (Finishing Line, 2009), which won the 2008 Literal Latte Poetry Award. Recent and work appears in Ploughshares, Interim, jubilat, AGNI Online, Spillway, and elsewhere. She is the recipient of a 2009 Artists Fellowship from the Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism. (updated 7/2009)