Amount of stubble, girth, hygiene. Duration, intensity of emotion or impact, height, incorrect tongue usage, wrong place, wrong position, wrong words, ugly feet, a rash, a distracting mark, your muscles, too quiet, too loud, unreal, unbelievable, demanding, too serious, we
The Obvious Ruin of Precious Metals
The most precious metals, the most antiseptic swatter in cahoots with the aquarium of the body. & it is you ascending, you exhaling, & you, & you. Through the red-winged blackbird’s pupil, apples pluck themselves like suns from branches, some
Watching Megasnake
How did he come to Earth? You need to get a weapon, dude. The heart of the snake, the megasnake eats peoples’ heads at the carnival. He unsheaths a warrior sword, 1/10th the size do not fear the large snake.
from [It] Incandescent
Amy Pence‘s second collection Armor, Amour was released by Ninebark Press in March. The first, The Decadent Lovely, was published by Main Street Rag in 2010, and she has a chapbook online at 2River Press. She’s also written non-fiction articles
FROM The Shape Territory Takes
A girl rises out of the ground carrying roots in her mouth. I rise out of the ground carrying roots in my mouth. The way a city becomes a name I have mispronounced. Birds are here to share their bread
Rubbing
RUBBING was written in response to found materials sent by David Harrison Horton, as part of Forth Sound Back Daniel Godston teaches and lives in Chicago. His writings have appeared in Chase Park, After Hours, BlazeVOX, Versal, Requited Journal, Beard