Brian Clifton
Brian Clifton is the author of the chapbooks MOT (Osmanthus Press, 2019) and Agape (Osmanthus Press, 2019). They have work in Pleiades, Guernica, Cincinnati Review, Salt Hill, Colorado Review, The Journal, Beloit Poetry Journal, and other magazines. They are an avid record collector and curator of curiosities.
Reading List
When You Cannot Flee
I vomited until there was nothing in me. I called to him and he crawled inside the covers, told me this will pass, and parted my legs. * He said, I’m joking with you, and split the curtains down the center. What did I expect? To believe is one thing, and to burn, its brother. […]
Glioma
On television, the tumor arrives; the patient grabs her head and yelps. Sometimes, vomit. Sometimes, the doctor-protagonist is the patient. Hours matter. Seconds matter. Never a slow plod— body losing tone or hair perpetually coiled around the drain. * My tumor is grade III. In third grade, I was kicked until I saw stars. They […]