Two Pieces

Issue 1

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by tommy wyatt

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when every birthday costumes itself a clown, a spirit halloween opens


sad clown plush / red paint chips tattooing down the eyes / its broken teardrop staining white gloves / flecks scratchy and hoarse in the throat / its wind up distortion / sings a tinny cry / or postautotune jump scare / it’s your first birthday gift / you play 26 years later / still crushed in custard and amethyst / its tassel and hood / you want to climb into it / the only real thing allowed to fuss /because you are its assigned caregiver / at 0 to now / how does it feel / to know / your birthday is always / a haunting / a lingering of the lack / it’s okay right / you always come back / pull the childproof string / the plastic yellow handle / to distortionsong / something nightcore would sample / and you’d listen to it all the same

vibrant hued cesspool in green / brackish water / dungy sewer / a plume of smoke shoots / in the sky / the planted firework / the tricking only friends gift you / their hands pushing you closer / to the rusted grate / sweat thickening / greasing your leg to fit perfectly / IT wants to eat you / they sneer / holding back a laugh so well / you’re begging them to stop / the sound obliterated / by private clouds / blaring sun yellowing your clothes / your crotch / but maybe that’s piss / you aren’t wearing underwear / and it’s not a dream / maybe you should choose sleepovers / a bit more carefully next time / if there is one / after all / this clown may swallow you whole / with its zombie zested spatter of water / so close to skin / but it’s all in good jest / the way your body buzzes / with the airiest bass / right before the beat



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the screen cloaks you with night because you looked at it at just the right time. the one in the dark and damp basement, the one on sleep mode, the one adjacent to the lamp that shakes with a wholenote jingle in middle C, someone else is home, huh? the kaleidoscopic green, pixels slowly shifting to black, in WordArt with words only known to AI. with your eyes following it, stimming for extreme situations, think of a dream. think of a really good one [aquatic ambience staticshimmies in] dialed to the sounds of plundering for nightsky stars in the unnaturally dyed water level from Super Mario 64, to gray flashing with a bolt of blue on reflective swishy pants, TikToks shrinkwrapping nostalgia with liminal spaces. do this when you need, and you'll wonder why you're always crawling back to the water instead of your mother’s arms.

tommy wyatt (he/they/ze) is a professional goofball with a silly amount of books, like: NOW THAT’S WHAT I CALL HORROR! (Gutslut Press); So, Who’s Courage? (Bullshit Lit); TASEREDGED (watch out!) (Querencia Press); TAKE THIS QUIZ! 11 questions to see if you agree with courage as a metaphor (Ghost City Press); and more. they are a system who’s writing about intersystem communications and things that go bump in the night.