A Mind Full of Stars
by Bridget Kelley-Lossada
The desert cools for me --
I want to bathe in the delta silt
until I am the river
sparkling with stolen gold.
They have become like their god
fearful of a single woman --
masquerading as sons of heaven
I feel their violence
thickening --
an oyster is broken open.
for Hypatia of Alexandria
Bridget Kelley-Lossada is a writer of poetry and fiction from Los Angeles, California. Her poems have appeared in a variety of journals and anthologies including Invisible Plane (Spout Graphic Press), Blue Arc West: An Anthology of California Poets (Tebot Bach), and the online journal Moondance.
When asked to name her favourite fruit, she replied, "I loved pomegranates when I was a little girl, so glittery and messy. I think I love the blackberry now for its intensity."
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