Lindsey Frances Pellino • Hysterical Sisters
Lindsey Frances Pellino • Hysterical Sisters
Poetry, 2018. 40 pages. ISBN: 978-0-9992103-8-3
These sisters practice dark arts. They know the truths inside myths, that magic isn't some pixie-dust for playtime. They live in our time but comprehend ancient secrets. These sisters walk where and when they please, drawing from the grit and rawness of nature. They know the gods and beasts by name and address them commandingly.
Sample:
gorgon girl gang
they are the mantis oracles,
meet at night under the
divine lunar eye.
stone-head satyrs from
minoan tree cults
offer mimosa libations
at their feet.
stheno stitches patches
on her leather biker jacket.
euryale french braids
her serpent strands
and medusa stands,
awkward stance,
filing her brass nails with
decapitated jaw bones.
the sisters plaster
gold glitter to their clubs
carved from wild boar tusks
and glamorize those who
dare to meet them in
a retina latch.
an inert garden of
corpse statues
line the copse,
dappled in
ossified blood.
they spackle pink bubblegum
onto white marble faces mid-
burst.