ReadFin Literary Journal (Winter 2018)
In the compilation of the 'Readfin' Literary Journal the editors and designers have worked closely together. The final outcome is a journal that incorporates fiction, poetry and prose, illustration, and creative fiction – a melting pot, something for everyone. Journals such as this have wide ranging appeal, not only for those who have submitted stories, but great as gifts, for book clubs, and an illustration of what can be achieved for students of writing and publishing. 'Readfin' is a published book with their writing.
In the compilation of the 'Readfin' Literary Journal the editors and designers have worked closely together. The final outcome is a journal that incorporates fiction, poetry and prose, illustration, and creative fiction – a melting pot, something for everyone. Journals such as this have wide ranging appeal, not only for those who have submitted stories, but great as gifts, for book clubs, and an illustration of what can be achieved for students of writing and publishing. 'Readfin' is a published book with their writing.
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Chemical Dogs
Kit Riley
Don’t touch the dog he’s a chemical animal
he lived in a house without spiders or weeds
residual herbicide breaching his body
along his capillaries into his brain
and now that the plants in his mind
have all withered and died:
don’t touch the dog
the dog’s insane.
Don’t touch the dog he’s a non-target species
absorbing his fix through illicit skin
we tried to correct it by killing the killer
we’re stuck with a bad case of treatment
resistance
and now that the plants in his mind
have all withered and died:
don’t touch the dog
the dog’s insane.
Don’t touch the dog it’s best to avoid him
don’t touch the dog or he’ll bite off your hand
suboptimum chemistry is always a shame
but if we can’t fix it we’ll just have to live with
him
now that the plants in his mind
have all withered and died:
don’t touch the dog
and the dog
won’t
touch
you.
ReadFin Literary Journal 11
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