Refractions in Bath Time Residue Under Moonlight by Spencer Folkins

November 23, 2022
Poem name: Refractions in Bath Time Residue Under Moonlight Poet name: Spencer Folkins Poem: Soap bubbles burst in haphazard piles, a battlefield of hygiene: tear-free may not mean what it seems but Ajax has never retreated from nerdy double-entendre. Each abrupt departure allows a cleaner blade, yet regret is sure to colour the lawn yellow by sunrise. For now, as evening’s chill and dew advance their threats, each eccentric dome reflects the faded obscurity of a moon-mirrored rainbow. The sun is somewhere distant but, though the porchlight casting moths and web-worn shadows refracts the promise artificially, each sphere must surrender, still, to shapeless air. It is all familiar enough to the baby forgotten with the bath water, any difference remains indistinguishable between the mundane and ethereal. Each evokes indifference cloaked with wonder. End of poem. Credits and bio: Copyright © Spencer Folkins Spencer Folkins (he/him) is thinking about creating a hybrid piece that is part paint-by-numbers, part poem. He has served on the Writers’ Federation of New Brunswick’s Board of Directors and on the Editorial Board for The Fiddlehead. Writing has appeared or is forthcoming in Arc, QWERTY, FreeFall, Riddle Fence, HA&L Magazine, Feels Zine, The Madrigal, boats against the current, and elsewhere. Spencer is a graduate of St. Thomas University’s School of Education (B.Ed. 2021) and currently teaches at his local high school. Tweets @FolkinsSpencer