[abjection]

revolving door
buried in the cold granite walls of the hospital complex,
the air decompresses from its outlet
stepping out into the medical district,
each cycle unleashes its banal construction:
the alkaline incisions to the flow of electrochemical impulses—
to be made, that is, to be unmade, that is, to be made:
the caustic restoration of the flow of electrochemical impulses—
each cycle unleashes its banal destruction:
stepping in from the medical district,
the air recompresses from its inlet
buried in the cold granite walls of the hospital complex,
revolving door

Issue 7

https://manyworlds.place/issue-7/evan-reynolds/

by Evan Reynolds


revolving door
buried in the cold granite walls of the hospital complex,
the air decompresses from its outlet
stepping out into the medical district,
each cycle unleashes its banal construction:
the alkaline incisions to the flow of electrochemical impulses—
to be made, that is, to be unmade, that is, to be made:
the caustic restoration of the flow of electrochemical impulses—
each cycle unleashes its banal destruction:
stepping in from the medical district,
the air recompresses from its inlet
buried in the cold granite walls of the hospital complex,
revolving door


Evan Reynolds (he/him) is a mad queer poet and author of [abjections] (Spuyten Duyvil Press, 2024). He holds a PhD from the Program for Writers at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He is also a 2022 Ragdale in the Schools Fellow. His work has appeared in ANMLY, COAST|noCOAST and Rogue Agent. He currently teaches at Penn State.