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Kiyiya Vuran Insanlik
Cathleen Allyn Conway
For the drowned refugee Syrian toddler found on a beach not far from Turkish resort town Bodrum, 2 September 2015 #HumanityWashedAshore
His body, washed ashore: shouldn’t he be sleeping?
Shirt bunched at the neck, shorts towed
below the hip, seaweed tangled with trainers.
That little white swell of a belly should be warm,
should have parents blowing kisses on it,
squirming giggles and tickles. He should be sleeping,
not rocked by Mare Nostrum, whose surf-fingers
gently tucked him into the cold seabed
before slowly pulling away to collect the rest.
Cathleen Allyn Conway is finishing her PhD in creative writing at Goldsmiths College, University of London. She is the co-editor of Plath Profiles, the only academic journal dedicated to the work of Sylvia Plath, and the founder and editor of Thank You For Swallowing. Her work has appeared in Bitch, The Mary Sue, 3:AM Magazine, Magma, South Bank Poetry, Ink Sweat and Tears, London Grip and in anthologies. Her pamphlet Static Cling was published by Dancing Girl Press in 2012. Originally from Chicago, she lives in London with her partner and son.
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