For Daphne Blake, Scooby Doo (2002)
If I could wear
knee-high
purple boots
today I
would not
be the damsel
in distress
to my own
heartbeat. I’d
be a g...
The apocalypse told me it loved me and swabbed me a piece of its heart
so I made us some lemonade from scratch with some lemon zest for fiber
and we drank it ...
Erik Fuhrer is the author of Eye Apocalypse, in which I take myself hostage (Spuyten Duyvil Press), At Root, every time you die (Alien Buddha Press), VOS (Yavanika Press), and not human enough for the census (Vegetarian Alcoholic Press). Their writing was an honorable mention for Survision’s Inaugural James Tate Chapbook Prize. They hold an MFA from The University of Notre Dame, and are a Ph.D. candidate in creative writing from The University of Glasgow. Find them at www.erik-fuhrer.com.