catapult magazine

Bottled

by L.L. Barkat and Claire Burge

I am fizzle
fazzle pizazz
snap crackle,
slide your hand
past my red belt
take me by the
ribbed neck
set teeth on edge
flick fluted tin
and, pop!

Bottle photo by Claire Burge. Poem reprinted from InsideOut: poems, by L.L. Barkat.