Sink and Drift | Ruth Foley

Ruth Foley lives in Massachusetts, where she teaches English for Wheaton College. Her work appears in numerous web and print journals, including Adroit, Sou’wester, andValparaiso Poetry Review. Her poems can also be found in several anthologies, including the Best Indie Lit New England anthology. She is the author of two other chapbooks,Dear Turquoise and Creature Feature, and the full-length collection Dead Man’s Float (forthcoming from ELJ). She serves as Managing Editor for Cider Press Review.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Bullet FishThat year, I began sleeping like a sharkfinned. I sank, discarded, into so