Issue 5, Winter 2008

do they talk about you? what do they say?
by Skip Fox

predawn hurricane cattle brawl, how quickly have they
passed, those whose lives were made to market. the living
which they did each day or so considered while chewing
the cud of their culture: constellations of stars, singers an
sitcoms, princesses, kings, insane dictators, the talk of
nations, pornography, shopping networks, or the lovely
Boy Born without Bones, Sleeps in Bucket (that's a bold
swimmer! I mean Spermatoza excellante! as we used to
jeer the apprentice bullfighters with their sheep, until that
is the day we witnessed Philipe Gonzages take one apart
before our eyes, from roaring mountain testosterone surge
to a delicate balance of shimmering despair, dark asser-
tion poised against the desire for oblivion which it shares
with the least fly, as Philipe devoured it with his mind