Pond Water Microscope Slide
Valerie Loveland The water droplet crowded with cilia wiggling, everyone chasing their tails, restless. Even the bacteria in the background squirms constantly like an old cartoon; its background animation loops. Nobody has secret insides. They possess only clear, pencil-drawn outlines. The artist filled their clear bellies with penciled organs. Someone keeps scribbling. Clear balloons on strings float away, then are pulled back in by their own strings. They tint whatever color they're dyed. What could a stiff green ringlet do but spiral? Does this animalcule have pinchers or a split tail? Either way, its V opens and closes. One monster is a clear pistachio trying to break out of itself. A bug flapping its arms contains, inside, a bug flapping its arms. |
Valerie Loveland is the author of Reanimated, Somehow (Scrambler Books) and the forthcoming Female Animal (Dancing Girl Press). Her poetry has been featured in Dzanc Book's Anthology Best of the Web and the Massachusetts Poetry Festival. She enjoys running, audio poetry, and silent movies.
Bill Wolak is a poet, photographer, and collage artist. He has just published his twelfth book of poetry entitled Love Opens the Hands with Nirala Press. Recently, he was a featured poet at The Hyderabad Literary Festival. Mr. Wolak teaches Creative Writing at William Paterson University in New Jersey.
Bill Wolak is a poet, photographer, and collage artist. He has just published his twelfth book of poetry entitled Love Opens the Hands with Nirala Press. Recently, he was a featured poet at The Hyderabad Literary Festival. Mr. Wolak teaches Creative Writing at William Paterson University in New Jersey.
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