ISSUE ELEVEN | FALL 2018
Again, the changing air
amends my aperture.
I am a nuisance
to my doctors;
my eye a zoo
in mating season—
kingdom, phylum,
class, disorder.
In last night’s dream,
a computer virus
distributed a copy
of my poem
to every printer
for miles around
and everyone
hated me for it.
By morning angels
go up and down
the scaffolding
so I put off the pills.
Can you blame me?
It wasn’t me who said
Beauty will save
the world, but my God,
just this once, what if
beauty will save the world?
*Beauty will save the world is a quote from Fyodor Dostoevsky.
Maya Owen lives, writes, and sings in London, England. Her work has been featured in publications including The Adroit Journal, DIALOGIST, DRUNK IN A MIDNIGHT CHOIR, and Cleaver Magazine, and been nominated for a Best of the Net award.
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