RUNDELANIA

No. 18
November 2025
Fall / Winter

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subterranea

by K. A.

 

subtergrave
moto graves
the tunnels fall
gilled gull fish
float in stained glass tanks
poppery poppy poppies flee
the fat cell sails
window-sine
holy orifice
lizard freres stink the rune
chastise the terrestrial dome
girilo verso sporcizia

 

 

K. A. is a local doctoral candidate in the Humanities.  He recently returned from an eleven and a half month internship in Frankfurt am Main, working at a 400 year old publishing house.  While there, he completed a study of Hessian bibliography and German printing techniques.