Patio Seating
Alive!
mesh metal tabletop
drips of vinaigrette drop
splash on top of toes
newly sprung
translucent as salmon bone
flip flop
legs cross, uncross
lunch partners patio’ed
conversations spawn over
switching seats
so silver scaled polka dot
aged spot skin won’t fry
in these upstream rays
swish swish
palms clutch overdone
upper arms, smiles flow
thoughts run, consumed
by the sun
swimming down to us, plated –
endless winter
Done!
Kim Drew Wright has short fiction and poetry in several print and online literary journals. She graduated from the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill, and had an advertising career. While currently residing in Richmond, Virginia, she has lived in seven states in the Midwest, South, and East Coast. Three young children, two crazy Westies, and one husband in retail occupy Kim’s time when she is not scribbling furiously at her desk or paddle boarding the James River. A book of linked short stories, Signals, and a poetry collection, Lady Sawed In Half, are due out in 2014. Keep connected with Kim at kimdrewwright.wix.com/kimdrewwright.