AS I WAS SAYING
Ashley D. Escobar
yeah, it’s sensational vaguely intentional they’re overthrowing the humble king
(what a pig
what a pig)
an end to all ends onslaught, slaughtered
le comédie, le tragédie
all of this, this is me a windmill without arms
nothing is yet enough
was crawling through the sewer
of the bygone hotel in
memphis, tennessee no one knows what i call graceland anymore
i cover your smile, i cover
the touch, i am two lovers,
cut from the same cloth
we use in unison
we are smoking gauloises in
bed, a cigarette for all your
problems (you cannot afford such a thing)
aha! kevin’s at it, he’s
cutting barbed wire in his
tiny flat, chinchilla fear of salmonella over and lush.
Ashley D. Escobar studies human connection and solitude through the lenses of literature, philosophy, and art at Bennington College. She was selected for the 2020 Catherine Morrison Golden '55 P'80 Undergraduate Writing Fellowship in Fiction. Her work can be found in MAI: Feminism & Visual Culture, Die Bärliner, and forthcoming in BlueHouse Journal. People watching is her favorite hobby, along with taking trains without any particular destination in mind.