vertebrates
he drinks in
(the middle
of) monday
and the fish
doesn’t (no)
if it wants its
glass bowl or
porcelain pool
(oblivion again)
I am here to talk
about it: suicidal
ideation, he said
a lifelong process
tap water running
he drinks in
(the middle
of) monday
and the fish
doesn’t (no)
if it wants its
glass bowl or
porcelain pool
(oblivion again)
I am here to talk
about it: suicidal
ideation, he said
a lifelong process
tap water running
during a funeral
they coin them The Rooms
or The Meetings — people
sitting around a table in an
old folks home or a church
basement sipping on shitty
coffee and leafing through
books beaten up by prayer
hands: seeking restoration
of sanity under fluorescent
lights (Just For Today, they
say) I was surprised to hear
a voice call my name. it was
mine but I couldn’t make ‘i’
contact. maybe next time --
they coin them The Rooms
or The Meetings — people
sitting around a table in an
old folks home or a church
basement sipping on shitty
coffee and leafing through
books beaten up by prayer
hands: seeking restoration
of sanity under fluorescent
lights (Just For Today, they
say) I was surprised to hear
a voice call my name. it was
mine but I couldn’t make ‘i’
contact. maybe next time --
Luna G. Reiley (@wip.img) is a habitual creator and hot blooded New Yorker. She is the founding director of NYC ASI (@nyc.asi), co-producer of COMMUNITY BOARD 2020 (@commboard2020), editor-in-chief of feral press (@feral.press) and member of Rising Sun Performance Company. Additionally, she is a former culture critic for Poets Reading The News and May 2020 Artist in Residence with Black Widow Books.