a pirouette is nice but a pirouette requires a foot me if i had a foot that’s not what i’d do no i’d love the dirt i’d sink right in i’d grow new toes i’d rot them off i’d kick my way out through the fuckfestered wall i’d run away i’d run and run and never look back
Simon Brown (he/they) is a self-taught poet and translator from rural southwestern New Brunswick, Canada (Peskotomuhkati lands) now based in the Quebec City area (Wendat and Abenaki traditional territory). Simon’s English- and French-language texts have been presented in zines, poetry collections, artist books, media artworks, and performances, and in journals such as Poetry Is Dead, Lemon Hound, Vallum, Mœbius, Estuaire, and The Fiddlehead. Simon’s latest chapbook, oh the iffy night, was published by above/ground press in fall 2021. simonbrown.ca