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Liquescent Marmoris

sea-urchins in rock pools –  
the flesh, a delicacy – 
sparkle – 
protected from the ocean
where anemones proliferate – 
by a mist-glistening  
heart shaped rock:
the keeper of my secrets – 

a cache of memories 
of mornings snorkelling
surface
eddy on the periphery 
—homesick for my roots— 
a keeper lost to shifting tides 
white horses
masking risk in its wake …

a plastic wrapped sushi tray 
on the kitsch kitchen counter
awash with the detritus of daily life—
a cold cup of coffee 
milk skin
swirling like 
liquescent marmoris
fluctuant under 
fractured light

tender moments
where flaws hide in the spotlight

Laetrile induced
unsettling riptides 
where occasionally colour swirls
marbling visions  
the future liquescent … 

I’m drowning in
proposals of memories 
to be made with loved ones
family secrets to 
be offered up
a dish that could be as
risky as Omakase …

smiling indulgently with my eyes
as a mirror-smooth ocean – 
a north-westerly wind
whipping up the occasional white horse – 
hides its turbulent depths
so a state of amenomania    
settles over me  

the final images
–	as requested –
the secrets of my life
tucked away in an abditory—
eddying between past and future 
the key to
unlocking it
             —left in their hearts—


Copyright © Suzette Richards




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