“the lightning table,” by Kevin McIlvoy

Fiction faculty member Kevin McIlvoy was recently featured in Defunct. Read an excerpt of McIlvoy’s poem “the lightning table” below:

the lightning table

don t you ever eat any sandwiches in your office

i haven t had a crumb of bread for i don t know how long

or a piece of ham or anything but apple parings

and paste leave a piece of paper in your machine

every night you can call me archy

Read this poem in its entirety here: https://defunct.site/issue/9/authors/50/kevin_mcilvoy/171/the_lightning_table