A NEW poem of mine is up in LUSTRE

"Now you’re just a hole filled with nothing except your own contorted head."

from a NEW poem by me, "Insecticide Dye Job" which now appears on the new LUSTRE, along with other new work by Cassandra Dallett and four men, here - http://lustremagazine.co/

"They poison you and then pull themselves out. You rip out more and more of your own debris and flush it partway down and then pull it back out of the clogged drain and try to decide what the hell to name it."

broken god temp rises... (temp blog posting new poem)

so-called validity

everyone’s focus is different; you choose

to focus on being broken

(to use that as your excuse

when something doesn’t work for you

or when you don’t work for someone else)

so broken so broken so broken so

you won’t keep trying; you’ll back off;

you’ll temporarily hide yourself

(you’ll validate that as trying to heal yourself),

then you’ll suddenly launch yourself into

someone else to temp focus upon; broken god temp rises

everyone chooses how to refine/define

themselves and others.  i don’t think you’re broken.

i think you have a twisted wing span.

nobody else can hold you long enough

to glue you back together, because you don’t want them too.

you don’t want to be glued to anyone place.

you want to twitch, crack away,

not let anyone else stick to the way

you tension thread your own skin

then call its damage broken

as though something else dive-bombed you with needles

NEW POEM

My new poem - MY SORROW IS NOT SOMETHING YOU CAN EAT - is now up on HOUSEFIRE.


Try to take a bite, but don't expect a wishbone...

http://www.housefirepublishing.com/poetry/my-sorrow-is-not-something-you-can-eat-juliet-cook/


Gobble gobble.

latest

I posted some Blood Pudding Press scoopage on the Blood Pudding Press blog. Click bloody telekinetic girl to slurp it up.

I'd also like to mention that the summer issue of Melusine went live last night and includes a rather squalid new poem by yours truly, as well as a new review of my full-length book, 'Horrific Confection:

http://www.melusine21cent.com/mag/

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On a slightly personal note, my husband is making hamburgers at midnight. Yay!

And our piebald son, Sockeye Cook-Foster aka Gorpolis, is being transitioned to a gluten-free diet starting today.

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In less healthy news, this is SLURPTASTIC:

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/2013456/delectable_drink_recipes_for_labor.html?cat=22

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A few of latest search terms: 'seven minutes in heaven' and 'jello squares'.