Diagnostic Criteria of Disabling Condition by Nicole Connolly | Micro-Poetry | #thesideshow

Diagnostic Criteria of Disabling Condition

the schedule of hollow // the how so how

so // the daily erection of stoplight / the all

yellow slither // the this or that but not

everything // the untimely times / candid 4

couch / bogus 4 papersheet // so body road

/ so mind rockslide / so honk & horn &

finger / so trucks to shovel / so everyrock

of rock color & dirt bottom // the oh-well

shape of the body in bed&bed&bed&bed&

/ the solitude shape of oh / the bottomness

of well / so shovel palm / so handle it / so

rock trickle // so thinkdown like loose dirt

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About the Author

Nicole Connolly lives and works in Orange County, CA, which she promises is mostly unlike what you see on TV. She received her MFA from Bowling Green State University, and her work is published, or forthcoming, in Assaracus, Poetry City, USA, The Rush, and Incandescent Minds, among others. She is currently serving as Managing Editor of the poetry-centric Black Napkin Press.