The Cruelty Is Fucking Nuts

by JOEL CRAIG

And sometimes anxiety

turns

into carbohydrate

so you can try

pulling a star

out of the sky

which is better

at least

than how beautifully

can you photograph

absolutely everything

as a proxy

for trying

to save it

JOEL CRAIG is the author of the poetry collections Humanoid and The White House (both Green Lantern Press). He co-founded and hosted the Danny’s Reading Series in Chicago from 2001-2015 and serves as an artistic associate for the Lit & Luz festival. Recent work can be found in Fonograf magazine, TYPO, and Windfall Room.

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