Embodying Language
A visual poem by Jill McCabe Johnson - "The body is a situation" Melissa Mathewson
JAKE
Under the Thumb of Patriarchy
A visual poem by Jill McCabe Johnson
The Widowmaker Tried to Kill Me, But Failed Miserably
I didn’t know I’d had a heart attack until the morning after, once the stent was in and I’d had a good night’s sleep flat on my back with a weighted pillow on my upper thigh where the surgeon cut into my femoral artery.
the reason my insides are so swollen
CW: talk of muscles and bones, dysphoria
(safe house)
CW: fire/smoke, death, religious trauma
My Stuff Out in Tucson
“My Stuff Out in Tucson” is an eerie foreshadowing of the events that unfold in the writer’s forthcoming novel, Good-Bye, Lo Siento. You can follow him on Twitter at @lakemarkham for updates.
Chequered
Late again, amid a forgotten torrent of bleach