VESICAPISCIS Having already transitioned and monitoring

Having already transitioned and monitoring the size of one's "titties"–so that rather than solutions

to the poet's friends and lovers in gay bars and bedrooms--form a cast of characters capable of addressing desire

Karah Kemmerly is a queer poet and fiber artist who grew up in the California Central Valley and completed her MFA at Oregon State University

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Poetry / Essay

VESICAPISCIS Having already transitioned and monitoringPoetry Essay. CLOAK, 2024. Paperback, 48 pages. 7"x5"x0. 14" From the press: Vesicapiscis details a poetics of self reflection self projection. What cannot be defined is pulled into the body, examined, dissected, regurgitated. Its form is prodded and rearranged. Every word phrase sentence is susceptible to mutation. And these mutations inevitably proliferate onto the speaker's tongues, their throat, deep into their nervous system. Language is a virus,