awake

by Jesse Eckerlin

the gall gnat’s tongue
                  is awake
in the husks
                  of rice


Jesse Eckerlin is an emerging poet from Cantley Qc currently living in Montreal and studying English literature at Concordia University. He is undertaking an apprenticeship in organic farming in PEI this summer and is currently interested in working in the interstices of Chan, ecopoetics, and contemporary Canadian vernacular. He has recently begun submitting work to various periodicals. He is open to comments, inquiries, and discussions regarding the written word and can be reached at neither_fish_nor_fowl@hotmail.com.

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