Biopsy

Elisha Mykelti

Gut as       liminal ) gut

   as longbird ) gut as ta )

     gut as over ) gut as

listened )     gut   as mm )

 gut as   hers ) gut as yes )

gut as holler ) gut   as hymnal )

    gut as clop ) gut as

(A) hawked bone

(B) what’s under his feet

(C) mirth day

(D) thrum, thrum ass silo

    Gut smokes the worst of it,

sees us happening again and again.

Gut as room willing

   to warm/n me

and her and you—

    all us gurls (gestures)

about the author
Elisha Mykelti

Elisha Mykelti

Elisha Mykelti is a poet from Tennessee. Her poems can be found in Obsidian: Literature & Arts in the African Diaspora, Torch Literary Arts, and Berkeley Poetry Review. Elisha holds a BA in English from the University of Tennessee and an MFA from Virginia Tech. When she's not writing, she’s dancing, serving on the editorial board for Sundress Publications, and/or daydreaming.