Hand-shell
After Dora Maar
Divide a woman’s body into
geometric shapes. Triangle
tits, a six-pointed star.
Segment a woman’s face
into orange slices. Split
it through a spider’s web.
Float a woman in a pool.
Swim statue-stiff, your
hand-shell on the sand.
If he tries to paint you, walk
away, a shapely pair of legs.
Cat Turhan is based in London. Her work has been published in The Rialto, The Lighthouse Literary Journal, Re-side Magazine, and she was longlisted for the National Poetry Competition in 2019.