London 1818 CE by Ryan Holden
..................................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 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.