↓

Girls Glow in Synthesis (Part II)

All text taken from the following songs: "Rebel, Rebel," "Ashes to Ashes," and "Let's Dance," by David Bowie

tremble empty space flower

               following a tacky junkie
cue Rebel

cue eyes

cue you like me and I like it all

fast moonlight radio
smoking funk kills calamity

sway tonight
you can’t get enough
of a live wire arm
               time shared
               kills
               empty crowd

axe the light

happy pictures
sordid ashes
stuck in heaven

Where your details go

because my love
lights up a torn dress

 

oh no not again

 

back to issue

Jennifer MacBain-Stephens went to NYU's Tisch School of the Arts and now lives in Iowa where she likes to rock climb. She is the author of four full length poetry collections and twelve chapbooks. Recent work can be seen at or is forthcoming from The Pinch, Cleaver, Yalobusha Review, Zone 3, and Grist. She also hosts an indie reading series sponsored by the non-profit organization Iowa City Poetry called Today You Are Perfect. Find her online at http://jennifermacbainstephens.com.