An Expat Sings a Song of Herself
I whispered slush. You chewed my ice. / So I sank into the early burial of irises.

Kandie St.Germain is the author of Closet Drama (Bear Star Press, 2001). Her work has also appeared in The Sonora Review, The Cream City Review, Rattle, Puerto del Sol, and others.
I whispered slush. You chewed my ice. / So I sank into the early burial of irises.
In Madrid, the bartenders / speak in cursive. Clairvoyants, / all of them. They volunteer / burnt wine, sweeten it / with candy-stripes.