Photo of a Turtle in Which No Turtle Is Visible

Just under the browned swamp surface: a reaching
neck (not pictured). The edge of a stick (pictured).

Pixelated ripples (pictured). The light on the ripples
shaped like mouths slightly opened (pictured). Beaded
eyes (not pictured). Depth (not pictured). Four-cornered

water (pictured). My thumb pressing the moment, the moment
pressing the diamond shell away (not pictured, not pictured).


December 28, 2022
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Poetry
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