Sidecar
The insta poems. The less serious,
So your finsta says. Laconic spittle
Of irritant makes a pearl. Haenyeo
See the oysters muscle beauty out
From under their disgust. Trying to
Find back door keys in the hamper.
When the water first hit them, they
Also shivered. The body adjusts. It
Must adjust. You can’t crawl out of
The process of becoming a grafito
Shucked from a collapsed building.
Pearlers don’t heed doubt barking.
Got that dog in them. Cave canem.
JDG (they/them) is a writer based in Brooklyn, NY and a member of the New Haven Writers’ Group. Their work has been published, among other places, in Cordite Review, The Pinch, and Prairie Schooner. You can find more of their work at JustinDGoodman.com.