THIRTEENZI'mAFreelancePaperDress Wearer.Pre-Fluorescent, Body-SnatchedInFolly-Crinkled Green.EveryoneHasToBe NiceToYouIfYou'reSick...Un- LessYou'veCaughtTheBrand OfSickThatTakesTooLongToGet WellSoon.ThenThere'sASeries OfBirdWiresAndWeaselTeeth Un-tendingToYrLiverAndMyHeart. DearHoliday,SummonUsAMore EmpatheticMirror,OneThat'sAsKinetic AsLastYear'sBirthdayDares. THIRTEENZAfterThePartialTakeover, TheAnti-AnxietyReds LockedTheCreditCats InADigitallySweedishTree. IJawedAtYrBusinessSyntax, YouFotoedMyColdMilkFace. OurCreepsakeSymptoms Expanded,It'sLikeWeJustNow RealizedThatThisTooIsFull OfThePotentialToBeMisstood. Still,I'mOnAPurityMaintenance Plan:ThreeBromidesInABelfry W/AMedicinalDeleteThumb. Daniela Olszewska is the author of four collections of poetry: cloudfang : : cake dirt (Horse Less Press, 2012), True Confessions of an Escapee From The Capra Facility For Wayward Girls (Spittoon Press, 2013), Citizen J (Artifice Books, 2013), and (with Carol Guess) How To Feel Confident With Your Special Talents (Black Lawrence Press, forthcoming 2014). She was born in Poland and received her MFA from University of Alabama, but she self-identifies as a Chicagoan. |