appealing

The Maynard
Fall 2018

Stephen Bett
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Ken Cathers: the sum

are we no more
than skin
sewn over desire

unremembered flesh

the serial husband
—Ken Cathers (with the slightest nod to WCW)


are we no more
than the sum of
the heart’s frailest
missing pieces

than skin
if it comes to that
stretched cruel
& unusually thin

sewn over desire
which cuts a thousand ways
like lingchi’s slow dice
dance across flesh

unremembered flesh
awake now to a descent
that lashes endless &
at odds with desire