Photography © Jennifer Matthews

 

I Am Am I

I am not amphibian

if that is what
you’re asking but

I feel human today
unlike the day before when
the term anathema

seemed to fit
even better but
there are times
when I

feel more like
a depleted enema or
the mutated version
of someone’s dead sister,

complete with antlers
and toenails the length
of intestinal tracts.

 

Jeffrey S. Callico has been writing poetry and fiction since age 18. He edited Negative Suck, an online literary magazine, from 2009 to 2014. Although it is now defunct, he himself is not.

Poet/Photographer Jennifer Matthews’ poetry has been published in Nepal by Pen Himalaya and locally by the Wilderness Retreat Writers Organization, Midway Journal, The Somerville Times, Ibbetson Street Press and Boston Girl Guide. Jennifer was nominated for a poetry award by the Cambridge Arts Council for her book of poetry Fairy Tales and Misdemeanors. Her songs have been released nationally and internationally and her photography has been used as covers for a number of Ibbetson Street Press poetry books and has been exhibited at The Middle East Restaurant, 1369 Coffeehouses, Sound Bites Restaurant in Somerville and McLean Hospital.