Three Poems by ryli skelton
Healing
Cells regenerate; faith, to treat disease:
seven years ago I was a different person.
Reiki, essential oils, chakras touch Canada.
Quack!Tired of phone psychics?
Try extrasensory healing
any disorder gone in 4 months
or your money back!Ground-ing technology
neutralizes —
let the earth heal you.Cut me open:
from the Greek word meaning hand work —
awful plastic surgery
saves lives.
Ugly celebrities find hope
on medical tables.
I understand completely.In Recovery Inc.
The centre. Arrow à (crystal met h)
Vital hard-drive.
Exchange. Relapse. Karmic
ecosystems in the rainshadow.
Unusual animals plan to save the planet.The grief, co-dependents.
Drama and critical data.
Raid-Arrays of my bedroom —
forensic identification gone awry
evidence specialists confounded by scalpels.
Place-holders tug at the lining of my clothes.Celebrating recovery
church habits and hang-ups
international disaster.
click.
Signs
i) Introvert
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O O O O O
ii) Maniac
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iii) Family
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Sex Again
it laid claim
an unfortunate sheet strewn over my continents
clashing forces
in my belly; murmuring chest.
the fixed hierarchy.she asked me about regret?
dear lady, will you regret not becoming a man?
case in point: blank
illuminated over grill marks and cigarette smoke
breathing:
the slogan.
the law.
the west.my method apt to lead
to a number of misunderstandings:
a social of bodies dancing the twist
the relational spheres containing them,
the construction sights
that isolate them.should we turn expression around?
exercise a central point
of a unique force.
it’s everywhere!
we’re everywhere!
coded—but never totally.
ryli skelton is an experimental multimedia poet and actor. Recently, ryli has toured the Toronto shelter scene in the TransForm production of Trans Cab, an interactive community theatre piece dealing with trans access to shelters in the city. ryli has self-published zines and is committed to grassroots guerrilla art. sbaastiansiobhan@riseup.net