Krystelle Bamford

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Campsite (Grendel’s Mama)

kettle
match
torch and 
roll mat
             maybe
             we’re making
             too much
             light
marshmallow!       
little man 
on stick
on fire
             stars stars
             the trees 
                    start 
                       to breathe
             there
             is a blond
                          un-natural
            in the pines or beyond
             the pale
us encircled entrained
by light       
devouring
home
      comforts
swivel-eyed
  (maybe
        we 
           too much
light) there 
             a blond

             loose meat
             neck-hard 
             below be-
             yond the 
             pines
marshmallow! little man
on fire
shush
aglæcwif maybe
             too much
             light we

watched 
wyf keep
watch

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KRYSTELLE BAMFORD is an American poet who lives in Edinburgh with her partner and two small kids. Her poetry has appeared in journals and anthologies in the US & UK. She is a 2019 Primers (Nine Arches Press) poet.