Issue #54


Authors

I DO

An image of “I DO” by Mackenzie Whitson, as transcribed below, with the lines perfectly justified.

transcript:

You think me domestic. A wind-up toy.

Playing house – a play-thing then. Chisel

me open no make-believe no

polka-dot interior. All adamant-bones,

wrist-iron satin-stitch choke-round

my lacy-cage. I am demon. I am

dungeon. I can’t control my

canines. Blistered wedding dress on a

meat-stake. I won’t be given away. No

one owns that right I do you don’t own

me I do. I-do-I-do. I do. Can’t buy me at

a grocer ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| I will play

muddy. un|warranted I am filthy. un|

contained in a small molten bottle

with a glass-ceiling. Slithering on all

slides

What a spill

Heisenberg

he ahi i loko