Everything I Wrote

christening myself both sexual and stupid
i pour wax on myself / become the fire of the present

then i wrote it down:
meow hush meow hush meow hush meow

everything i wrote
became as a note
that made the world go

i could see far ahead of me one of the main performers

he looked like a yellow bird

Elise Houcek is a writer and artist pursuing an MFA at the University of Notre Dame. Her most recent project, So Neon Was The Rope, explores illness, gendered violence, and humor's liberatory power. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in Prelude, Always Crashing, Guesthouse, and elsewhere.