Remember that I am your creature… —Mary Shelley, Frankenstein Scarlet-lipped, magnetic, full blown and unmothered,I am the blank page my maker writes on. I was a beautiful unblemished creature. Clean as a crow-picked bone,pure as virgin milk and batter before eggs are added, bright as an albino fawn, an ivory tusk before it’s hacked,a lampshade, Elmer’s glue … Continue reading Morality by Dale Champlin
Is writing a book about feeling guilty for how much privilege you have arguably the most privileged thing a “writer” can do? Probably. And right down to the title, Cazzie David has a “please don’t hate me” aura that drips off the pages like saccharine ooze disguised as sarcasm and malcontentedness. Considering David’s claims that she’s already thought the worst possible things about herself over … Continue reading No One Asked For This (Until They Fucking Well Asked For It)
Gertrude SteinWas known to drinkFrom time to timeA tall glassOf sparkling waterBecause there wasNo thereThere. Continue reading Absence Makes the Heart by Ron Kolm
For the New Year I steel anger from the gods, fetch itto anneal with scorn, contrive thunder to punish, rain ignore,exchange fury flake by flake snowbound burn intemperate fire from the cold at heart. Abhorrent holiday when festivity omits its cause, breaks tradition like stale bread promises, toys, possessions,precious gifts to retain in mind and hand — all let go … finding death last question birth first answer. Unweaned from most- alien, human- seemingrelation, excepting … Continue reading Dared Eagle by John Jack Jackie (Edward) Cooper
