Tyler Nova is a strange alien-faerie-vampire being who roams the streets of Minneapolis when most mortals are asleep. They’re also a geek-of-all-trades with an MFA in writing and literary theory and a BA in anthropology and French. You might spot them at the Trylon Cinema’s All-Night Horrorthon or haunting a hole-in-the-wall pho restaurant. This is their first online publication, but stay tuned for their writing workshops at the Minneapolis Central Library this fall!
Kinderwhore-By Tyler Nova
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How am I the same
Fluttershy-innocent soul who
Rescues snails and worms from
stompʼs way after the rain
When I am also the one who, a
Man in Edie Sedgwick faux fur and
Lipstick stilletos, was comforted by
Dog kisses while being raped, and sickly
Enjoying it?
When I was
Brought before the
Bench on
Shoplifting charges,
Stumbled home
Spun and
Fuck-drunk with a thousand or
More in my pocket or
Nothing at all for
All tomorrowʼs parties and
Sat
Staring entranced at
Glass-caged clouds till
Holy predawn....
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Odile,
Flagging green, is still
Teasing a pas-de-deux with ingénue
Odette