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For Coral I dreamed my friend was suicidal So useless she said so useless that I may as well just die Shrunken and small she was A little old nothing When I told her the dream she said yes shrunken and small that’s how I feel I hope she soon feels better Expands back into Read more

In the women’s clinic the mammogram machine is shaped like an embryo in profile Large awkward squarish head Straight spine Tucked-under pelvis A leg bud (tray) An arm bud (compressor plate) Mouthparts where the beam comes out Embossed in the plastic a plus-sign where a proto-eye might be First published in Creatrix 49, June 2020 Read more

Look in, in to the Planck time, / the dream moment of birth, / where our physics fails / as quantum and gravity clash / and the cosmos is crushed to a jot / immanent, imminent / a tiny infinite Not Read more

… At the mention of solitude / the shadow mouth / turns up its corners / and the shadow eyes /glint … whispering loneliness / breathing solitude … Read more