Poem of the Week, by Mark Leidner

Things to Call Water

- Mark Leidner

friend of the cup

void soda

idiot’s vodka

fool’s oil

pipe sap

tap wine

faucet gumbo

boiler’s tool

baby of snow

steam’s mom

hot dog blood

“Cannonball!” shrapnel

diver’s excuse

island ender

navy gravy

torpedo media

The Artist Formerly Known as Ice

Dances with Eels

Señor Osmosis

drowner’s woe

world launderer

arsonist’s boycott

Cousteau’s milieu

hydrophobe’s gutcheck

“intern at the cistern”

tempest gristle

Odyssey sauce

hemisphere paint

the ghost in the sauna

the condensed mists of time

zodiac milk

casino preserves

stork’s anklets

periscope’s necktie

rowboat wingspan

catfish litterbox

starfish cathedral

turbulence skein

stream bacon

river luggage

crystal chowder

geyser sperm

fin wind

mer-air

loose frost

dank fire

blue flower



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