Breath & Shadow
Winter 2025 - Vol. 22, Issue 1
"Scoliosis Posture"
written by
Liam Strong
of course. pillar semantic.
inverted hunch, suspicion
that belief was never
inorganic. regular practices
include sacral rites, radiation
of the crescent moon, plate
tectonics across several
longitudes. moreover,
snipped axial cables. but,
there is a catch. flood
-plains often occur in
the city’s architecture.
it’s a process, a mutual
misunderstanding, a
liability. land
-forms are not typically
referred to as hollow
because it’s not their
fault. as in, line, ravine,
any degree of synonyms.
the earth curves at the
precipice of sight. behind
a person’s back is not the un
-seen, but rather what follows.
humidity from the storm.
mountains in the shape
of calluses. undulating land
-scape where no skeleton
could be buried. in many
faiths, gods depict
themselves as up
-right, looming, perfect.
there is something un
-godly about feeling. about
the small of one’s spine.
about reaction, where the
hand goes & discovers
only absence. about where
pain builds its home, because
it needs a place to escape to.
Liam Strong (they/them) is a queer neurodivergent cripple punk writer who has earned their BA in writing from University of Wisconsin-Superior. They are the author of the chapbook Everyone's Left the Hometown Show (Bottlecap Press, 2023). You can find their poetry and essays in Vagabond City and new words {press}, among several others. They are most likely gardening and listening to Bitter Truth somewhere in Northern Michigan.
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