Whatever they would have you believe, the kept gods and their powdery vocabularies, stewing in commotions of unclear motive; I am the first substance, the first miracle. Not the skin on skin, the nurses hovering, slapping, scraping, encasing. Not the chemicals, slick and eager. Not the satellite of the doctor who retrieves his face from […]
Sonya Wohletz
Sonya Wohletz is a writer whose work brings together image, history, and landscapes. Her work has appeared in Latin American Literary Review, Revolute, Roanoke Review, and others. Her first collection of poetry, One Row After/Bir Sıra Sonra, was published by First Matter Press in 2022. She is a Pushcart Prize nominee.