these caecilian synapses lay bellykisses to streambed;
created chemosensory climax(es). detritus dreamspread
thickly .—. all nite .—. concupiscent, sousing seraphim thread
w/ humectant sweetwater. underside fimbriated folds .—. expectant
velvet scabbard .—. our hide fleshed in the sun; our bodies were annular,
so we couldn’t tell where we began inside & where we ended .—. just knew glandular
dark & its mucoid caresses .—. & though there were tongues, we had no vernacular
to lift the world out from .—. the palace of the senses.
c. melin lara a.k.a Car Lara is a Queens, NYC (Lenapehoking)–born multidisciplinary artist and experimental writer of Mexican and Honduran heritage. A 2024–25 Emerge–Surface–Be Fellow at the Poetry Project and 2025 winner of the Palette Poetry Prize, their work explores transculturality and mythic-domestic entanglements through translation play, typographic symbols, and asemic transliterations. It has appeared in Fine Print Press, Noir Sauna, the Poetry Project Newsletter, and is forthcoming in ANMLY. LINKTREE INSTA
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