i.
look –
climbing through moss
crisp seams
down their backs
ii.
curl your hand
under them gently
two cool bellies
on your palm
slimy intimacy
with earth
iii.
let them go
longtoeing back
to the stream
tiny gold rings
in their eyes
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Charlotte Eichler’s poems have appeared in magazines and anthologies including Carcanet's New Poetries VIII, The Island Review and Stand. In 2017 she was awarded a Poetry London mentorship with Vahni Capildeo, and her debut pamphlet, Their Lunar Language, came out in 2018. She lives near Leeds.