Benny Sisson is a trans poet. She is a library assistant, adjunct instructor, and MFA candidate at Adelphi University. Her work has been featured with Rinky Dink Press, Foglifter Press, Lunch Ticket, and elsewhere. She currently lives in Mineola, NY.
Who crave warmth against all apathyshare crimson journeys through tunneledbarricades leading to the upper left cornerof my sheeted cheek. I swell when they visit,I turn soup into hard butter for them, ask themto accede, their seedlings will be enough.Never really hatching, only becoming moreand more daughters, they all have the same name.The daughters, like leaves we rack into gutters and side… Read more →
what does it look like? how can we be sure of the holographic wirethe fishing line tied to the back of the boatwhich trolls and twinesinto spectacular space?how can we be sure it won’t scare the fish away? in the dream, you are on the boat,not my father. you tell me to cut the wire, let the fish goyou and i threwthe tackle boxes… Read more →