What killed him has been excised from the obituary. It exists in the blank space along the margins. Because it is easier to say died than overdosed.
Alyse Bensel
ALYSE BENSEL is currently pursuing her MFA in poetry at Penn State. Her poetry has appeared or is forthcoming in Cider Press Review, The Summerset Review, and Foothill Poetry, among others. When not engaged in her teaching and studies, she volunteers for a cat rescue and participates in a work-share program at a local CSA farm.
The Boy Is Now an Obituary
Butterfly Balloon by Alyse Bensel
Opaline or starburst or emerald green— descriptors for barbus or brochis or gynmocorymbus. The bubble pump flares sidefins and whiskers. Aquarium fish appear as mechanical wind-up toys. They troll the bottom of pop-rock gravel. A floundering Butterfly Balloon Molly performs a sideshow for the children who muddy the clarity with their fingers or cause underwater earthquakes with a tap […]
Contributor Bios for Issue 5 Spring 2012
Issue 5 Spring 2012 ALYSE BENSEL is currently pursuing her MFA in poetry at Penn State. Her poetry has appeared or is forthcoming in Cider Press Review, The Summerset Review, and Foothill Poetry, among others. When not engaged in her teaching and studies, she volunteers for a cat rescue and participates in a work-share program at a local CSA farm. […]
MAYDAY Magazine: Issue 5 Spring 2012
FEATURED ARTIST Sheng Qi Painting without Colour: A Gallery NONFICTION Helen DeWitt Experimental, Interstitial, and Hybrid an interview with Helen DeWitt conducted by S. P. MacIntyre Alan Heathcock Never Not a Writer an interview with Alan Heathcock conducted by Okla Elliott Amy Holwerda Like the Wine of Our Red Alaska FICTION WinLo333 Sob Stories Gerard […]
