SurVision Magazine / Kay Kestner

Last Rescue

My mermaid friend,
do not ask
about the trouble we're in
            just swim

and swear it's a dolphin fin following.

Faster!

Away from this disaster.

If we escape this
hungry
gilled
danger

if we are not devoured

in safe seas, I promise to be
singing sweet
and will stay
will no longer stray
    into troubled
        deep end.

My mermaid friend,
I will not make you
rescue me again.

Satin Rain

Knot always slipping
through her ribbon...

Patterns in the tangles
like waves and tides
too predictable.

Satin slides the way
water slips down
porcelain bowls

into the dark, secret
drain. Dripping down
in increments of silence
out of sight.

All the wasted water
disappearing from kitchens and
bathrooms, dropping from rooftops,
and falling down windowpanes;

down into the gutters, the sewers,
down into the drains.

And no one ever bothers
to chase that rain.

Kay Kestner lives in Manchester, New Jersey. Her poetry has recently been published in Amethyst, Selcouth Station, Otoliths, Burrow, Soup Can Magazine, and Trouvaille Review. Her screenplay, Art Never Lies, was a 2022 finalist in the Bigfoot in Collaboration with Trinity College Dublin Screenwriting Contest.

SurVision Magazine
About Us Archive Submissions Contributors Books Links Home Page
An international online magazine that publishes Surrealist poetry in English. Issue Twelve KAY KESTNER Last Rescue My mermaid friend, do not ask about the trouble we're in just swim and swear it's a dolphin fin following. Faster! Away from this disaster. If we escape this hungry gilled danger if we are not devoured in safe seas, I promise to be singing sweet and will stay will no longer stray into troubled deep end. My mermaid friend, I will not make you rescue me again. Satin Rain Knot always slipping through her ribbon... Patterns in the tangles like waves and tides too predictable. Satin slides the way water slips down porcelain bowls into the dark, secret drain. Dripping down in increments of silence out of sight. All the wasted water disappearing from kitchens and bathrooms, dropping from rooftops, and falling down windowpanes; down into the gutters, the sewers, down into the drains. And no one ever bothers to chase that rain. Kay Kestner lives in Manchester, New Jersey. Her poetry has recently been published in Amethyst, Selcouth Station, Otoliths, Burrow, Soup Can Magazine, and Trouvaille Review. Her screenplay, Art Never Lies, was a 2022 finalist in the Bigfoot in Collaboration with Trinity College Dublin Screenwriting Contest.
Copyright © 2023 SurVision Magazine