Breathnexus
Spring 2020
seething oceans arc over endemic
aviary
irises: artificial "you" essences.
the pestilence
alights from behind
a protein structure derived
from winded hills
("Steve Reich?" "No, Third Reich.")
art deco
-herence
here hence
occasion when breath
and death
decay into one indistinguishable
e c h o .
singed like lungs
the singer lunges
the unmasked middle man ager
and his example-setting empty shadow boxing
"Mike Pence, you better take care
if you're friends with the creeps cutting Medicare"
Steve Carll lives with his family in Arcata, California. His books include Tracheal Centrifuge (Factory School, 2006), Tao Drops, I Change (with Bill Marsh, Subpress, 2004), Trace a Moment's Closure For Clues (Logodaedalus, 1996), and Sincerity Loops (Bathysphere, 1995). His work has recently appeared in Otoliths, WCP Magazine and SurVision. From 1988-1998, he edited the literary journal Antenym. Performance video of most of his poetry from 1991 to the present can be found at https://www.youtube.com/@stevecarll/videos. Steve recommends the Arcata House Partnership.
