Bald Babydoll folded face-down in the dregs of the boy’s last bath, I cannot leave you there to sputter in bubbles.
Writing by Cat Harris
Assemblage Art by Ingrid M. Calderón Collins, Featured Artist for Mum’s Garage II
Creature Comforts
Bald Babydoll folded face-down
in the dregs of the boy’s last bath,
I cannot leave you there to sputter in bubbles.
To suck your way to safety.
I twist your head back into place,
Arrange your arms and legs into more sympathetic shapes, and search your eyes;
Brined with soap, earnest,
Unwise.
Contorted creature of comfort,
I return you to your place in the shampoo line.
About the Author
Cat Harris is a poet, photographer, and parent who utilizes creative practice and ritual as antidotes to the statistical identity. Her writing investigates relationships between individual and institution, victim and perpetrator, queerness and compliance, and illness and recovery, manifesting from a place of convergence and paradox. She employs surrealism as a language of representation in her work. Catherine lives on Cape Cod, MA
About the Artist
Ingrid M. Calderón Collins is a poet and tarot reader. She is the author of twenty-seven poetry books. She lives in Los Angeles, CA with her husband, painter John Collins.
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