Everything I Wrote
christening myself both sexual and stupid
i pour wax on myself / become the fire of the present
then i wrote it down:
meow hush meow hush meow hush meow
everything i wrote
became as a note
that made the world go
i could see far ahead of me one of the main performers
he looked like a yellow bird
Elise Houcek is a writer and artist pursuing an MFA at the University of Notre Dame. Her most recent project, So Neon Was The Rope, explores illness, gendered violence, and humor's liberatory power. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in Prelude, Always Crashing, Guesthouse, and elsewhere.