Louisiana Water

 

 I've heard that Louisiana

water spouts from artesian wells.

But I can touch it in the air.

 It settles in the shower and

grows and reeks of attic must. 

 Artesian black spots form on

 humid left over clothing that

                      stayed too long on the

bathroom floor, sopped from

           over-flowing  faucets of

                                 Louisiana water.

Sometimes I wipe Louisiana water from the walls.

And I can freeze it into

                                                                  crescents;

shapes that break my teeth

but cool between my breasts.

Sometimes it slicks my hair.

I can take Louisiana water in

my mouth and push it round with my tongue.

When the cool wind blows I feel the Louisiana water and

 see it in the air and taste in the thick rich coffee the  substance from which it is made.

 

 

© janet m goodrich

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