Kassia Lisinski, "In Bed With Cutface"

A response to Holly Roberts

I am a teeth wand big nose eyes my
  my small hands my claw my small
hands my claw my small arrow body my
eyes in the wood in the woods in the
ears and lashes lash black & white
  lips lidless cracked paint
with fire bloody in cheeks like a slap
grimace small congress
  transgress the obvious aggression this
more copacetic impress of
   com ma


bloody knees. Hog ankles, elbows
cankered into bed. Canal. Draperies of
wherefore come scissor cut to summit
the sun
mountains like ear points
back there.
Cumin, mango, rain. Cilantro, ash, spring.
Cancer and russian dash cams of mems.
High speed chase. Jesus.
Become the kind of person that says
christ when they mean it, not
meaning it.


supple, soup bowl chisel headedgrin
  inimical, water sad, slap happy grin, hungry
skin in again
I am I am IamIam I   am

Kassia Lisinski

Kassia Lisinski lives in Iowa City where she is finishing a degree in Art and Miscellany. She works in theater and caffeine and co-curates and occasionally performs in the monthly variety show iHearIC.