Xander Bilyk

Xander Bilyk

Xander Bilyk (he/she/they/whatever/whatchamacallit(candy bar)) used to reside in New Orleans until he got squished by a car crossing Claiborne, and became a grad student. She is pursuing an MFA in Creative Writing at Hamline University in St. Paul. They write poetry and fiction, is a singer/songwriter/pianist, performs stand up comedy, and theater. Whatever currently lives in St. Paul with whatchamacallit's partner Jeremy, their cats Fern and Mistakenly, their axolotls Thackery and Salem, and a three legged one eyed chihuahua named Maxx. Photo by JD Western.

The rain hit hard today
not in a sexy way
but like my boyfriend was
mad at me. I felt the tension
when I pressed my erection
​against him, so I stole his car.

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The nails came, squelching through him and pounding into me, each one a comet
destroying a planet, each one exploding
like sperm on an egg. People watched,
becoming christians, becoming saints,
there weren't really saints before, saint Mary,
saint Mary, the thief beside us became a saint.

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