Refrain by Jameson Fitzpatrick - Poems | Academy of American Poets
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Sometimes still / like light I catch
Sometimes still like light I catch the mermaids’ singing swimming back to me, a certain strain on the air. They sing for the hell of it. The pure, fresh hell. Snow on the inconsolable shore. Somehow still, half a person later, I know all the words. Or would, were there words to the chorus the mermaids, who are angels, my sisters, make. I changed my face but my face was still there: neither innocent nor gay nor heartless. I lean out, no longer dangerously, and answer them. Copyright © 2026 by Jameson Fitzpatrick. Originally published in Poem-a-Day on August 10, 2026, by…
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