ForceBy stephanie roberts
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repeatedly
sound do you feel this? to the bright thin what is the this i wonder it must be what every molecule in the entrails of a steel pin gains near magnetic touching myself compassionately has the impact of mallet do you...? the dragon inside uncoils electricity invents itself as light from a switch shining to love & obliterate dark matter. Mi DispiaceBy stephanie roberts
basement flood
work load under weather son to hospital scheduled vacation roof car soccer drunk hungover gay straight pregnant infertile true to public art music saviour habit husband integrity vow love of annotation enumeration pay taxes lazy terrified anxious scatter brained angry with ambition i'm sorry i haven't been around—neglected your day i was doing what i'd rather. enjoying what i enjoy more than you: the man i'm cheating with my wife cat horse rocks reading keeping you in the place of your paucity of importance the game sacred grieving hurting gut of opportunity squandered image of buff dove nestled in black valley diamond nostalgia priceless melancholia golden lonesome. UnbridledBy stephanie roberts
GREEN!
wears purple silks nipple sheer. COFFEE! bloodstream freight train sip or splash. CANVAS! her engagement breaks off the page. JUMP! bones. a hardcover slams close to the floor. broom. PURPLE! divorce free parrot from itself. stephanie roberts is a poet, artist, and recluse who believes you should be careful what you fish for. Her poetry is in numerous journals in North America and Europe, including Arcturus, The New Quarterly, CV2, Room, The Stockholm Review of Literature, OCCULUM, and The Maine Review. She was a finalist in the Anomalous Press Open Reading, and the 7th Eyewear Publishing LTD Fortnight Prize. Follow her Twitter @ringtales.
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