Mabon

Jim Carter (b. 1967)
break open the chest
if you desire gold, oil, bleach.
let it smother you and see how
your skin blisters, your eyes turn
to dust, the rib cages nothing.
ask him what he has gained,
and he will say / everything.
burrow into his palm and
drain your milk; the North Star
thrashes in his paper folds.
let it blind you and you will see
the narrow skull of a boy, his
hollow cheeks ruddy, the bullet
between his eyes bleeding light.
ask him what he regrets,
and he will say /
Polaris, Brigitta McKeever
Jim Carter was born in Worcestershire
in 1967. He received an MA with
distinction in Art and Environment from
Falmouth University and an MSc Award
in Ecopsychology, Centre For Human
Ecology. Carter’s work has appeared in
The Dark Mountain, About Place Journal,
Unpsychology and Earthlines magazine.
‘The North and South Star :
1. Not Descended from a Common Father / 2. I Cast the Lots from the Left Hand’
fox, crow and jackdaw marks, crow feathers, wood from the brook, clay, charcoal, inks, brook water,
fox tooth, deer and sheep bone, bracken and willowherb, earth and debris, 66 x 42 x 12 cm / 35 x 33 x 17 cm
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