time drifts in muddy water
pushed by place winds a
spatio-temporal waltz
this lifetime is but a
soothing ripple in a pond
we’ll make gods out of the fish below
sunkissed pondskipper
it darts faster than the thoughts
we never sink
we never settle

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Stasha Cole is a PhD student in literature at The University of Tulsa. She is also the proud editorial assistant for Nimrod International Journal. Her work has been published in Poetry South, Anodyne, Susurrus, Shadowplay, Wild Hyacinth, and elsewhere.