Chainsaw edge leaning
Scuffing // scraping.
Wailing, I focus on the table.
Shark jaws arms devouring //
consuming. Circling my nose
smelling salts reverse escape
within. Unconscious // raked. Awake,
my pooling blood displays
my face demonstrates much of me
moves // morphs. Rotary-blade
eyes chisel marrow // gelatin.
I puddle anticipating
Aly Allen is a trans poet, parent, and veteran with PTSD. She won the 2019 Lillie Robertson Prize for poetry. Her current work can be found in New Note, Apocalypse Confidential, and her chapbook Approaching Valhalla from Bottlecap Press. She earned a BA in creative writing from the University of Houston and an MFA in creative writing from Oklahoma State University.