Endija Lukstina
school discotheque
& the only other
eastern european woman at the party
says who
are you talking to?
in my pussybowed blouse
i’m a musical chair,
a flat-footed waterbird
on parquet
from the perspective of the swan nesting under the sauna in malmö
wisps and wisps
neckache
my mate brings
salty slick ribbons
what the sea splays out
on this coast
making a slippery house
for my children
& the only other
eastern european woman at the party
says who
are you talking to?
in my pussybowed blouse
i’m a musical chair,
a flat-footed waterbird
on parquet
from the perspective of the swan nesting under the sauna in malmö
wisps and wisps
neckache
my mate brings
salty slick ribbons
what the sea splays out
on this coast
making a slippery house
for my children
from the perspective of me watching the swan at the sauna in malmö
today i felt especially bottom-heavy. like you.
how you shine. in your weird nest. a perfect temperature. a soft breeze.
your neck, my tampon string.
in the communal showers the wealthy women
speak a different language.
but the landscapes,
the cakes, the rites are familiar,
echolocated.
how you shine. in your weird nest. a perfect temperature. a soft breeze.
your neck, my tampon string.
in the communal showers the wealthy women
speak a different language.
but the landscapes,
the cakes, the rites are familiar,
echolocated.
Endija Lukstina is a Latvian poet and translator based in Glasgow, Scotland. Their poems have been published by sincere corkscrew press, Ambient Receiver and Discount Guillotine among others, and are upcoming in Anthropocene and cutwifemag.