Clayre  Benzadón      Coconut Grove        (Yael Valencia Aldana) 
Moon as Salted Lemon

tonight I wedge
the moon
into bottom
of glass

con cada luna llena

watch it erupt
leak teal
cuando llega 
el atardecer

I can’t squeeze
Julieta Venegas’
“Limon Y Sal” out

of my head
only Clase Azul
finger-
tip swirling 
salt around
the rim

of a shotglass

Evening brings out
the bluest part

almost half
of this lemonmilk

body is salted
by silicon
dioxide glass
created by meteoroids
hitting it
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Originally published in SWWIM