Laurinda Lind

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I sieved a guiltfish
out of my bloodstream
 
last night, itchy bones,
jelly brain, juicy thief
 
it was set to spawn
microscopic millions.
 
No matter. All year
I’ll spear each one
 
              drag it to air so I can
              cure it dry against
 
a saner seine,
a daylight.




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Laurinda Lind teaches college English in New York’s North Country. This year, she won and placed in two state poetry contests. Some publications/ acceptances are in Comstock Review, The Cortland Review, Ekphrasis, Josephine Quarterly, Main Street Rag, Off the Coast, Paterson Literary Review, Triggerfish, Unbroken, and Welter.