Mantis 22 (Summer 2024)
Visceral; Velocities
Laine Derr
Mourning
My sadness
is a thin
layer of skin,
blinds opened
to the morning
sun, I fight its
shimmer, a hum
telling me it’s
not raining, but
I know it is,
lashes damp
w/ rays of dew.
LAINE DERR holds an MFA from Northern Arizona University and has published interviews with Carl Phillips, Ross Gay, Ted Kooser, and Robert Pinsky. Recent work has appeared or is forthcoming from J Journal, Full Bleed + The Phillips Collection, ZYZZYVA, Portland Review, Prairie Schooner, and elsewhere.