contain us
& rot
we show you
shapes of things
blanch your faces
offend
hear our umlauts
o yahtzee monopoly
o worn atlas
us ten-fingered summoners
submit to seance
grab hands
& complete this circle
sing the refrain
of diagnoses
we’ve dared you
& dare you again
Kevin Simmonds is a musician and filmmaker originally from New Orleans. His poetry-based films feti(sh)ame and Singing Whitman have been included in the San Francisco Frameline Festival and Provincetown International Film Festival. His debut collection Mad for Meat (Salmon Poetry) is forthcoming. He lives in San Francisco and northern Japan.