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"
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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.