Poetry | Winter 2023
Snail Shell
by Angela Sloan
The luster of a creamy custard coil:
A smooth curl of minerals,
Woven together by time and pressure.
Embedded in wet sand
It peeks out from a hidden place
Of bronze-colored granules.
An eternity under water –
Without air –
You’d think it would unburden itself
Ease to the surface
And be kissed by the sun.
Angela Sloan lives and writes in New York City. Her previous works have been published by Three Rooms Press, Genre: Urban Arts, The East Village Eye, and A Gathering of the Tribes. Her chapbook, Stories About Love, was published in 2021.