To Slay a Merman Merman Merman

azerbaijan
no limits
we’ll be moving again shortly
in increments of violence
in twilight
glen doesn’t have a mission missions mission
ergo lingo flamingo dances
to the beat of its own plumber

conceptualize what’s between your legs
cotton
drinkwater
all the pretty dresses lined up in a row
all the lands sour flower power
if there are pioneers, Pinochets
then glower glower glower

ride back on ride on backs
you must be this high to
engage, so
timid timid timd
where have all the bees gone
where have all the
where have all the people
gone to lunch

Daniel Loring Keating grew up in post-Industrial New England, where he earned a BA in Creative Writing from Chester College of New England. He has recently obtained his MFA in Creative Writing at the California College of the Arts, where he was the Managing Editor of Eleven Eleven Journal. His work has previously been published in Strange Fictions, the Cerurove, Obra/Artifact, and the Hungry Chimera.

Sally Deskins is an artist and writer focusing on perspectives of women including her own. She’s been published internationally and exhibited nationally and has curated several exhibitions and books.