accidentally on purpose

the problem is the shower curtain. it’s defective. it bellows inward toward the running shower. it has phosphorescent pockets that fill with water. it thieves moonlight and toothpaste. it put the bicycle out to rust in the rain. the bicycle was a red convent, an echidna wrapped in a towel. it waited for the storm to pass.

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Stevi-Lee Alver is an Australian writer and tattoo artist. She lives in the middle of Brazil with her wife. She loves bush walks and waterfalls but misses the ocean.

‘accidentally on purpose’ was written in response to Nikky Morgan-Smith’s painting, of the same name, and published in Her Heart Poetry, August 2017.