Issue #54


Authors

Ars Animalia

Content Warning: Reference to death

iaThe worm, split,

    does not multiply

but instead, dies


I would rather

burrow

    feel solace in the

                         dark of the

moist

       soil

I’d rise at night

                                           shrink in the beam

of direct light


then

feed me to the fishes

          take me from the styrofoam box

                                          you picked up

                                          from the gas station


release me back


I don’t know what I believe

what comes next, is this a         cycle

                                                 but the


                                            water is cool

                                          before the bite


SYNCHRONOUS

qwuʔ (Lutshootseed for water)