Clockwise Cat Strikes Back
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at what level has he beaten me?<br />
As I picture his epic fade<br />
into the woods I recall the boy<br />
who hanged himself high in the thicket<br />
because of how free the inchworm looked<br />
dangling from its skein<br />
Donuts<br />
Your insufferable joy has gone straight<br />
to my hips<br />
Sleepless, fixated on the benefit<br />
of resting pods<br />
Desquamation from a brisk sojourn in<br />
rapid stasis<br />
The whole department thinks I've cut<br />
myself shaving / gills<br />
This smile peels--& I have only thought about the seconds<br />
clinking piano keys briefly<br />
What else can be enchanted that does not<br />
incur another insufferable joy? You expand<br />
the text in my whisper balloon,<br />
it’s shaped in bold black:<br />
Petrichor and then the storm<br />
Author bio: Kris Hall is a writer and event coordinator for Da'daedal from Seattle, WA. Author<br />
of the chapbooks; Dillinger on the Beach (Horse Less Press) and Notes for Xenos Vesparum<br />
(Shotgun Wedding). He has been featured in The Monarch Review, Pismire, and The EEEL.
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