Mary, on Rock
Your body, wrapped around the rocks shaped into bird's foot, with its claws facing forward and guarded by water. Behind, the dark current that carries the ripples of your worries away. Your bent arms frame your face, yet you refuse to look back at the world around you. Your breasts seek the sky, your legs together but stretched out, with toes as if slipping into the stream. Mary, rip the strip of time and drift between the banks of before and after. Pavlina Gatikova Pavlina Gatikova lives in southeastern Massachusetts with her husband. She is originally from the Czech Republic where she completed her Masters Degree in English and French as Foreign Languages. She has taught English to adult immigrants. Since 2007, she has been working as an ESL teacher in the public schools.
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January 2021
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