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The Holy Ghost in Urania’s Semi-Private Hospital Room

in Poetry Shadow Play and Light Work on February 16, 2023 February 15, 2023

for Tchiya Amet To ascertain what measures the offender usedthat allowed him to evade detection and apprehension,we have assembled a research team. Please remove all your clothing,including undergarments,and place them in this bag. ((lightis directional))…

Nocturne

Already dusk, the geese, half wild, fade from the lawn. We sit near silence, our feet soaked. Heat hangs onto the night like fever sweat in a blanket, and stars take place in the waning…

Mond,

in Poetry Shadow Play and Light Work on February 2, 2023 January 28, 2023

like Mund, or mouth. Something that widens and glows. Sometimes you see me like a planetary affliction. Body that pulls. But then you remember I am just as meat…

“Galaxies” and “Notes on Art and the Implications of Executions”

in Poetry on January 28, 2023 January 8, 2023

Galaxies In art history I learned ghosts sneeze when they hover near paintings The ectoplasmon their skin turns green People tend to hoard seashells from abandoned beaches after spending an afternoon with me We sit…

At the Middle School Dance, all the Boys Circle up for the Crip Walk

in Poetry on January 26, 2023 January 24, 2023

Their shirts are blue and red, striped and checked, the collars popped, armpit seams untouched by antiperspirant. They are puppy-limbed and footed, eyes wide and unshuttered as lighthouses. The music doesn’t matter: Backstreet Boys, Bloodhound…