Splashed Things by Leigh Lucas (Poetry ’17)
Poetry alum Leigh Lucas has a poetry collection, Splashed Things, winner of the A. Poulin, Jr. Poetry Prize, out from BOA Editions. Read an excerpt below.
From Splashed Things
A black dog, a broken heart.
I revel in being more like him now.
At home, I put on my sunglasses and turn off the lights.
Sitting on the toilet where light can’t peek through, I pretend the plunger’s a white cane. My chin held too high and to the side, I run through gruesome imitations of anger, contempt, disgust, sadness, surprise.
The world will be unsettled.
I will unsettle them.
