Domestic
by Meredith MacLeod Davidson
now there’s the place
the kiss now there
the canvas coat
laid flat in dirt
holding one tender
spot of blood. Loose,
the memory. The house
Brick-purple
and you’re gone. And
everyone’s moved away. And
I’m gone, searching
the house,
the recall,
steps away -
Meredith MacLeod Davidson is a Glasgow-based poet and writer, originally from Virginia. Meredith's poetry has been published in journals that include The London Magazine, Foglifter, Puerto del Sol, Gutter, trampset, and petrichor. Their debut poetry pamphlet, Transpiration, was published in October 2025 with ignitionpress.