Jesse Darnay

Jesse Darnay works as a reading interventionist in Chicago. His poetry/fiction has appeared in the Decadent Review, Bridge Chicago, Suspended Magazine, and elsewhere. He's working on his first novella. He has an ongoing pandemic project on Medium.

“Dissolution of My Father,” “My Mother’s Faith,” and “Crying: Process”

You inhabit me; you narrow to flanks.
Your spineless nerves sear my ventricles.
The creative will will snap your cheekbone—
hush, soil, remains.
Look at the blank between us
squeezing my shoulders.

Issue 91, January 2025

Jesse Darnay

Jesse Darnay works as a reading interventionist in Chicago. His poetry/fiction has appeared in the Decadent Review, Bridge Chicago, Suspended Magazine, and elsewhere. He's working on his first novella. He has an ongoing pandemic project on Medium.

“Dissolution of My Father,” “My Mother’s Faith,” and “Crying: Process”

You inhabit me; you narrow to flanks.
Your spineless nerves sear my ventricles.
The creative will will snap your cheekbone—
hush, soil, remains.
Look at the blank between us
squeezing my shoulders.

Issue 91, January 2025

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