By Matty Palamara
Copyright ©2025
Have you felt it?
The slip of summer skinÂ
crossed your burned back.
Let their fingers findÂ
and unfoldÂ
the parts of you that sweat.
Slicked,Â
you partÂ
move, oceanic shifts change the landscape.
Two mountains morphing
merging.
Reclining into valleys and ridges
Pour into me,Â
a drought rocked by torrential downpourÂ
Grand Canyon filled brim
Pour me over
bring water to new shores.
Tectonic climax shifts continents to new places.
Moved people, move people
I am taking you all with me.
About Matty Palamara:
Matty is a queer non-binary artist working across writing and visual art to reflect on and discuss their queer experience. Mainly they focus on queer coming-of-age through the rise of social media. Along with sexual expression and encounters, and the forming of queer community. They are currently based in the Midwest.