Regarding a smudge in a photograph.

 

Shapeless/stubborn,

indistinguishable/insignificant,

an erroneous trick of light?

Or is it I? I, i , ı , ı , .

 

 

 

eighteen

 

a full stop on the horizon.

eyes of two suns burning,

a ship’s shadow, emerging.

 

 

 

Michael Loughran, is 21 and lives in Belfast. He’s had work published online (Outburst/Snakeskin) and soon to appear in Wordlegs and The Poetry Bus.