“{marginalia} the definition of water,” by Valerie Witte (forthcoming in issue 22)

the edge of clarity / charming at times, when

mixed with dirt forms mud / crystals / total cubic

feet / a mitigation estimate / what it takes

to resolve a triangular entanglement / dissolve

a small calm / what I mean is how learning

to float one averts drowning / a question

of liability once disaster is confirmed

the source of blame is multiple / the difference

between what we want / and expect, at least

I'm not surprised / the beginning of a slow

flood is moisture bleeding / into or; am I bleeding

out / I was a clearing / an excess of pillows