No. 1 · Esther
St. Deroin
(Nebraska ghost town) The moon inflames all darkened streets, Her liquored haze a whitened waste Where raccoons bandit for gluttonies And wash their catch of ill-gotten…
No. 1 · EstherSpirits of Chickens
My mother wrung the necks of chickens in the back yard, and we brought boiling water for their dismembered bodies. The shaft feathers so deep, they…
No. 1 · EstherHouse
your body twisted in ’27 by the tornado that provoked Grandpa to dig the root cellar my mother said there wasn’t a square corner in you…