Introducing Skeletal Mosaic – A poetry zine by me. Beautiful cover and design by the ever-talented Jem Yoshioka. I am very proud of this little thing, which took several months to create. You can buy one, if you like.
Skeletal Mosaic was mostly written during my time in Wellington last year. It is a collection of poems about all the topics you usually get from me – illness, identity, politics.
Title poem: Mosaic
“Chronic pain occurs when the nerve has learned
the wrong signal. It remains long after
the wound has healed.”
ankylosing – abnormal immobility of joints caused by fusion
spondylitis – inflammation of the backbone
My
iliac crests
my ribs, my chest
my
clavicle, my cranium
my mandible, my capitulum
my
scapula, my sacrum
my ischium, my sternum
my
infraorbital foramen
my intercondylar eminence
this
inexorable pattern
of joining, of joints
Come
I invite you
come sit in my bones.
You can order a copy from here.
yeh we know u wrote a thing. it kinda sucks. stop talkn bout it already
A haiku for S Timmons
Why would you say this?
Be a vile shitstain elsewhere
Come at me, I’m ripped
Goodness, S Timmons.
See me go purchase another copy. Not to spite you, for such hate is not worth attention -even a comment like this- but instead for a friend, because it is a worthy gift and will be appreciated.