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| Mermaid 92x76cm oil on canvas |
Metamorphosis
Lying here
having woken
from a
time-freeze-state
of empty
sleep
My body has
sunk into the mattress
and become
one with the floor.
I move a
little and twist
away from
the drip-drip
of sweat
that is
falling
from my sternum
down into
the bed
My whole
body including
my eyelids
Are sluiced
with a layer
of filmy
water
A new
skin-gloopy and complete.
‘I am a
mermaid’
‘I am a
mermaid’
my feet say
as I direct
them over
the side of
the bed.
Together
they stay
as they
implant themselves
into the
black wasteland
of the
carpet.
I rise up
tall
glistening
and glowing
like a
dying ember-
into the
dark corridor
and the
chill air
as I
evaporate into
the night.
