Michele Bachmann

Michele BachmannI want to see this film
and I want to read this book.
She is the anachronistic subject
of the poem, the woman

in the oil painting
making love to crabs.

I’m a little girl
alone in the dark,
but I’m not afraid
because I’ve never met the rapist.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Hanna Elson is a poet and a songwriter from New York. She attended SUNY New Paltz's Creative Writing program. Her work has recently been published in Stirring, filling Station and Magpie Magazine.

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ABOUT THE ILLUSTRATOR

Dan Carroll draws comics, and for some reason, an oddly high number them seem to involve skulls. It's probably because he has a skull of his own. Ever since he was a little kid! He keeps his eyes there. His work can be found at herecomesyourdan.com.

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