Periodic: Mercury
- Periodic:Mercury
Mockery:mirroring arc
and descent, fun-houseof one: I escape, one drop
of outer space: possibility's Narcissus. Birthed againwith a slip through these fingertips' forceps, flee into a dive
and ricochet to reoccur, a more tremulous maybe. Undersea:shirk identity, its tentacle-clutch. Watch intent, dark as dye, furl away. [End Page 123]
Jerome Ellison Murphy earned his MFA from the Creative Writing Program at New York University, where he serves as Undergraduate Programs Manager. He currently co-curates the Bespoke readings series at Bureau of General Services Queer Division bookstore. He has also served on the board of Lambda Literary Foundation. His critical writing has appeared in LA Review of Books, The Rumpus, Poets & Writers, Publishers Weekly, The Brooklyn Rail, Lambda Literary Review, and American Poets. His poetry appears in Narrative Magazine, LitHub, The Awl, NPR's RadioLab, Spunk, Bellevue Literary Review, and on the ceiling as you lie awake at 4 a.m. See more at jemwords.com.
