chrysalis dissection

chrysalis (d[i]s)section takes a scalpel to poetic form(s), making a collage of neo-[n]ietzschean rhyme, jazz-inspired intonation, & second-wave feminist calls for male castration / in three sections, the 'caterpillar to butterfly' cliché of personal metamorphosis is rewritten, while exoskeletal references are both irreverently & deferentially effaced / silly, serious, & {self-}referential: rhythmically-punctuated wordplay toys with the notion of authorship, across time //

o(l[i]ve)(*) (bly(th)) is an outer-disciplinary artist / she has recently been playing the piano, writing poetry, painting, & poking ink into skin / (her) poetry has been published by various local literary journals & this is (her) first full-length collection of poetry //

chrysalis (d[i]s)section by o(l[i]ve)(*) (bly(th))

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“this trans pen is (im)possibly punctuated
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the cock is contextually-altered”

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