we saw a woman with four legs. Well dressed, seated, comfortably appointed and knitting. And I wondered if the soul of her twin was free and happy as I wondered if the stars of this show and in the sky and my son and any of us are free and happy or non-ambulatory souls blind and wondering. It seemed a similar example. for Adam Rainer, the only recorded adult little person and adult giant in history.
After the conjoined men
Paul Koniecki lives and writes in Dallas, Texas. He was once chosen for the John Ashbery Home School Residency. His poems feature in Richard Bailey’s movie “One of the Rough” distributed by AVIFF Cannes. Cathexis Northwest Press, Blue Mountain Review, Wild Roof Journal, Chiron Review, As It Ought To Be Magazine, Henniker Review, Gasconade Review, and Thimble Literary Magazine have published his work, as well as many other places. He received his MFA from VCFA in 2024.