Lavations
By Frank William Finney
Lifelines slip
across the tiles
like soap
from a soggy hand.
The drain is clogged
with gunk-filled years.
Nothing’s clean
beyond the steam.
Bloodstreams flow
From tile to tile.
Words fog up
the mirror..
Frank William Finney is a poet from Massachusetts. A recipient of The Letter Review Prize for Poetry, his poems have appeared in Bitter Melon Review, Fairfield Scribes, Ocean Poetry Anthology, Perceptions, Songs of Eretz Poetry Review, and elsewhere. His chapbook The Folding of the Wings was published in 2022.
