Michael Prihoda
which day
am i
waiting for again?
you know how kids
are fascinated
by how many paper clips
it takes to connect the moon
and a random point along Earth’s
equator?
let’s try that magic
with Habeas Corpus paperwork.
i’m ready for death
by one thousand
cuts.
look me
in the eye
i’ll blink
so goddamn
fast
you’ll think
there’s a strobe light
where God promised
an optic nerve.
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Michael Prihoda lives in central Indiana. He is the founding editor of After the Pause, an experimental literary magazine and small press. His work has received nominations for the Pushcart Prize and the Best of the Net Anthology and he is the author of nine poetry collections, most recently Out of the Sky (Hester Glock, 2019).