Elisabeth Workman is the author of ULTRAMEGAPRAIRIELAND (Bloof Books), ENDLESSNESS IS NO DESOLATION (Dusie Press), and numerous chapbooks. She lives in Minneapolis and in the disembodied realm here: elisabethworkman.com.
Heirloom Figure
or how panic
can appear suddenly—
like a mushroom
—without clamor or
preamble but
there as if there
had always been
a there
there—
squishy
squishy
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