To Taste a Merman
I had not known how much I needed sea-skin rippling beneath my fingers.
Lisa Alletson
In addition to Identity Theory, Lisa Alletson’s writing is published in New Ohio Review, Gone Lawn, Crab Creek Review, Typehouse, Milk Candy Review, Bear Review, Bending Genres. She has a Best of the Net ’22 nomination. “To Taste a Merman” is included in her chapbook Good Mother Lizard, winner of the Headlight Review 2022 poetry chapbook contest. She’s on Twitter @LotusTongue.