Say it again

by Caitlyn Kinsella

say it again

my name in your mouth

is not mine

what curls at the base of my spine

responds to what is not my name

please keep the sound

on your tongue

About the poet: Caitlyn Kinsella is an itinerant bibliophile and lover of long words. Her fiction has appeared in The Drum Literary Magazine and the Washington Square Review. She is currently a master’s student at Oxford.