RETURNING AT HIGH SPEEDS
Much faster—that’s why
a picture is worth a thousand free falling peregrines.
But what to do with wings with a weight
21 billion times that of the sun’s mass? Can you tell me more
about what the damage is like?
Wait—do you mean the picture or the bird is faster than words?
Faster than Formula One race cars. Wait—you didn’t answer my—
It’s knowing you’ll return at high speeds but first enduring hundreds and thousands of years out in the depths
of the solar system.
A comet coming back round the sun.
About the author:
Thomas Osatchoff is doing field-work for his debut collection of poetry. Recent poems of his can be found in Cleaver Magazine, Harpur Palate, Obra/Artifact, Word For/Word, and elsewhere. Thomas has resided in many places throughout the world where he has had opportunities to develop his perspective.
Art: Lights, Camera, Action, Destruction by Brett Stout
In the artist's words:
Brett Stout is a 40-year-old artist and writer. He is a high school dropout and former construction worker turned college graduate and paramedic. He creates mostly controversial work usually while breathing toxic paint fumes from a small cramped apartment known as “The Nerd Lab” in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. His work has appeared in a vast range of diverse media, from international indie zines like Litro Magazine UK to Brown University.