Alex Goldstein: A Memoir

Phase the Tenth: I had my bat mitzvah when I was thirteen, but I also had my first kiss at camp, which was really more important.

Hydras Part II

Messy raw primitive
Holes look inside
Two bases.

Lion vomiting a chain, GAG
Chains chains bondage pain
You’re trapped.

Lumpy touch, mold and squish
Top it off like a flower, feathers FLY free, but chains
Bite bite tactile.

Rings and chains, dress you like a doll
A porcelain doll.

Three bases! Granite and wood.

Bubbles shiny, mermaid maiden hidden
Treasure FOUND
Possession.

Bulge pregnant rings, holes and
Scales. Dark blood, earth,
Each thing is itself, but
She’s in chains.