Photograph: Dr. Ed Uthman. Public Domain. CC.

terra incognita

the third testicle
teratoma

terra incongnita

a life unformed
a life imbibed in errant teeth & muscle
hair missing its natural head

imperfectly formed world
impostor globe of skin

a sibling incised
excised

space in absentia
a world unknown

“Beginning a novel is always hard. It feels like going nowhere. I always have to write at least 100 pages that go into the trashcan before it finally begins to work. It’s discouraging, but necessary to write those pages. I try to consider them pages -100 to 0 of the novel.”

— Barbara Kingsolver