The Magician Is In Hell

by Conor Hultman

The world is a grisly bear.

Level crossings in Chicago
make music sweeter than
all the public sewage sold
in concert.

Chicagoan girls make better wives
than their mothers.

Three girls
holding hands
on Ritalin,
Adderall,
and Vyvanse
dance to keep
the world around.

I'm the bear
standing there
nicely.

Conor Hultman is the author of DOE and an uneditor of Loser.