
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