by Sam Rasnake

If you know or see this person, please tell them: come home

One eye, oversized, heavy-lidded, as in
a Picasso—the other, a lit eye peeping
through the keyhole—one arm a cartoon,
one leg photoshopped from websites,

the other leg and arm from two Fellini
films—computers for fingers, flatscreens
for feet, with books for toes, paintings
for ears, a nose that’s a chimney—

the mouth is a cavern with rock formations,
trails, and stream—the lips an eel—the chin
a block of granite chiseled to fit—the face

an atlas, the hair a forest, the torso stolen,
the sex and hips are an unknown, the brain
a bowl of noodles, the heart is the heart

Sam Rasnake’s works have appeared in numerous journals and anthologies including Best Small Fictions, Best of the Web, Southern Poetry Anthology, Bending Genres Anthology, and MiPOesias Companion. He’s the author of three chapbooks and four poetry collections—most recently, Like a Thread to Follow (Cyberwit, 2023) and Fallen Leaves (Ballerini Book Press, forthcoming). Follow Sam on Bluesky @samrasnake.bsky.social.