Coralbone Bloom
after necklace sculptures by Mariko Kusumoto You, perfect but blank.A dress form, beige, standard.Until you erupt. Springtime underwater. Gauze tendrils, growth in radial symmetry.Paper lanterns inflate on your décolletage, gentle as mushrooms after rain.Though you are not lit up, you feel buoyant, worthy of silk and chiffon. Worthy of your seat on the train, your …