Sarah Carleton

Transport

We unfold like pop-up books
—shoes kicked off, Kindles removed, knapsacks lifted,
coats tossed, purses unzipped—and
let all that metal and leather, still warm from our bodies,
travel in trays while we walk through the arch

to emerge on the other side,
where we’re patted down and sent
to a bench to regroup.
We pocket phones and thread belts in silence
like embarrassed lovers.

 

Sarah Carleton writes poetry, edits fiction, plays the banjo, and knits obsessively in Tampa, Florida. Her poems have appeared in numerous publications, including Nimrod, Tar River Poetry, Cider Press Review, The Wild Word, Valparaiso, Crab Orchard Review, and New Ohio Review. Sarah ’s poems have received nominations for Pushcart and Best of the Net. Her first collection, Notes from the Girl Cave, was published in 2020 by Kelsay Books.