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// p o e t r y
Aberration
by Hunter Blackwell
Underneath the crinkle is the spiral-spill
paired with a smile and irises mutating
into the search bar’s blinking cursor.
The black text on blue screen float
in green, blink at you in security code of your credit card
and melts into a sideways triangle ready to play.
Underneath the singing bowl is a thumping heart
and two nostrils inhaling cedar to press into ribs–
hold it there.
The ribs bar away the floating star, the vessel
bubbling with its own acid and flame. It only demands:
feed me well
and to follow the scratched down notes and printed ink.
Take the shrug as: it’s well worth the try.
Underneath, the last ray sits, converging onto itself,
blurred in its own refraction, underneath
a cold stethoscope biting at your chest
to hear the whisper of bronchi and trachea.
about the author // Hunter Blackwell
| Hunter Blackwell (they/them) is a Black and Native queer poet and author. They received their MFA in Creative Writing form Northern Arizona University. They are the recipient of the 2020 Diana Gabaldon Award and the 2018 Gorowny-Owen Prize for Group of Poems. Their previous works have appeared in Parentheses Journal, Kissing Dynamite, Barren Magazine, and others. When not writing, they are attempting box mix bakes and cosplays. Find them on twitter @hun_blackwell and Instagram @hun.t.blackwell. |
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