10 Texture Related Moments in a Frou Frou Life

1. Wispy smoke tree fingers dying / story of Jesse.

2. Dry spotted witch alder leaves on my hand / apparitions in black.

3. Cold rasping breeze / the devil’s williwaw.

4. Siphons another hard breath / at the Catholic hospice.

5. Corrugated testicle skin / I’m a recombinant ingredient.

6. Vibrating electric paddles in my hand / at Dr. Sobrenada’s.

7. Eyes stinging and watery-warm / hanging myself from my family tree.

8. A smooth cold keyboard licentious in its untouched potential / effort combover.

9. Divot in my skull hot grease undulation / gritty goat-skin hair while suckling Zeus.

10. Scrims screens and screams / Halloween in Peripataea.

What I’m Reading:

Once I saw the city 
of God reflected 
in a freak shadow 
the sun cast. I 
thought life complete, 
tight, happiness.

— Peter Gizzi / “The Winter Sun Says Fight”