Patrick Kindig is a dual MFA/PhD candidate at Indiana University, where he writes poems and studies 20th century American literature. His micro-chapbook, Dry Spell, is forthcoming from Porkbelly Press in late 2015, and his work has appeared or is forthcoming in the minnesota review, Fugue, Court Green, and elsewhere.
The spotlights have converged. The acrobats have been led into the ring. The lions have been corseted, the children’s mouths torn open, the music released to its deafening work and Enya has given her handlers the slip. Her cage is empty, her dinner of chocolate and red wine untouched. The bars have been bent into the shape of a dove…. Read more →
Enya descends her mountain on the equinox. She carries a quiver, a bow, a handful of arrows. She is hunting shadows, tonight so scarce and therefore so valuable, her calculations precise when it comes to supply and demand. Her footsteps are silent, her bowstring pulled taut, her body like smoke or water, rarely in the shape of a woman. She… Read more →