Southchild Sundogged across the Barren Frontier where the Strange Horizons had a Rue Script Palette of Copper and Nickel. Unlost, they Perhappened upon a Wrongdoing Juke Joint on the Farside of Elsewhere. The Half Mystic / Full House was a Tinderbox. Broken Spire and Fractured Glass / sure signs of Versification. Orange Blush Thrush Waxwinged among Shoutflower and Hellebore. Pretty Owls hoot at the Indigo cat resting upon the Stanchion. Its [sub]liminal Meow Meow Pow Pow the harbinger of a Little Death. After the Pause, a Coffin Bell rang Five 2 One and The Rising Phoenix (Bandit of Lost Futures) Trampset, Unteathered, from Flypaper into the Indolent Wildness.
Bio:
Matthew Schultz teaches Irish Studies and Creative Writing at Vassar College. He is the author of two novels: On Coventry and We, The Wanted. His recent poems appear in Rust + Moth, Glitchwords, and Sledgehammer Lit. His chapbook, Icaros, is forthcoming from ELJ Editions in May 2022.