"The Little Seahorse and His Friends" by Emanuela Iorga

Shower: Arc de Triomphe by Olivia J. Kiers

An upper-story room: lemon tile
and lime light buzz to accompany

a shower song sputtered, stuck
between lips like a pip spat out

unsuccessfully. A portal, fogged.
I am determined to see Paris—

a wet hand claws it open.
Out pours steam: loudspeaker,

immediate merge into purple air—
a postcard night, heat-lightning

among rooftops, and below, a smear
of mist-enchanted traffic,

strands of tourmaline rotating
triumphant in a jeweler's case.

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Olivia J. Kiers is a poet and museum professional in Worcester, Massachusetts. Her poetry has appeared most recently in Rust + Moth, Thin Air Online, Tilde, and Twin Pies Literary, and is forthcoming in The Westchester Review and Plainsongs.

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​Emanuela Iorga is a filmmaker, artist, and screenwriter, who lives in Chisinau, Moldova. Art represents for her a recently rediscovered passion, following a series of world and inner changes. Her work can be found at https://manolcaincosmos.wordpress.com/270-2/