London 1818 CE ..................................corpse-stitch & electric a storm or brilliant mind ..................................collect the bones of animals left uneaten ..................................dredge the river for clay malleable to skin ..................................wrap new flesh around a frame (take care to curse the microscopic) ..................................a body is charged with nothing more than a motivation to understand itself ..................................& what sin is visited on a seeker of ordinary paths ..................................subtract a calling & leave philosophy drifting on the ice © Ryan Holden Ryan Holden is a graduate student in Creative Writing at Arizona State University. As part of an international travel fellowship, he will be teaching creative writing at Sichuan University in Chengdu, China, this summer.