Derealization

I’m slipping on soap
in a vision’s shower.

The tiles look teary
through the steam.

Water rises ankle deep.
Sink and mirror disappear.

Snow is falling on the TV.
Fires are raging in L.A.

Now the kettle wakes
and whistles

just in time
for tea.

Frank William Finney is a poet from Massachusetts. A recipient of The Letter Review Prize for Poetry, his poems have appeared in Brussels Review, Fairfield Scribes, Penn Journal of Arts and Sciences (PJAS), The Paradox Magazine, Route 7 Review, Songs of Eretz Poetry Review, and elsewhere. His chapbook The Folding of the Wings was published in 2022 by Finishing Line Press.