A pale, blonde woman in pink scrubs first asks my name and birthday. She has an accent that sounds Scandinavian, and she looks past the tears in my eyes as I answer her questions. She leads me down a ... [+]
Hannah Rousselot (she/her) has published two long works, Fragments of You (Kelsay Press) and Ocean Currents (forthcoming from Finishing Line Press). You can follow her work on facebook.com/hmrpoetry or @hannahrousselot, or at hannahrousselot.com. "Flipside" is in Short Circuit #04, Short Édition's quarterly review.
If you find my sorrow keep it. It has been too longfestering and coagulating and self congratulating.And I, unbound by it, might maybe hopefully finallyreach those floating cities perched on colossal turtleswhose shadows we grieve under and leave us begging for purchase.But probably likely doubtlessly I will just end up pining for itthe same way the sand longs for the tiny creatures leaving their eggshellsthat disturb its grainy pattern leave into turbulent and bitter water.