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BooksOctober 11, 2024

The Friday Poem: ‘the dancer’ by Zephyr Zhang

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A new poem by Zephyr Zhang.

the dancer

wavy air noodle
flailing at the used car yard

          shake shake shaky shake it

my tube bod writhes
cosmic spaghetti on hot asphalt
a flag in a hurricane
waving to strangers in cars
waving at shiny sedans
with a nylon grin

           hello hello goodbye
          please come again

the wind changes me every second
as I watch you change
every model in the lot
nightfall brings my soft descent

if I am a lure
put me on a string
fly me over an oil slick
thrashing like a caught fish

The Friday Poem is edited by Hera Lindsay Bird. Submissions are now open. Please send up to three poems in a PDF or Word document to info@thespinoff.co.nz
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