“I
used to live in the sound of water.”
- William Stafford, from "Time for Serenity, Anyone?"
No word for want
or what.
No hello. goodbye.
They live lightly
on the sea,
the salty present
holding them up.
They escaped
the tsunami
because their wet skin
could feel it coming.
Patricia Brooks was the Fiction Editor and Managing Editor for the Northwest Review during the three years she was in the MFA program at the University of Oregon. She has published two novels and poetry in a variety of literary journals.