Punk Monk Press/Magazine

 

The painting was done in acrylics on a windowpane scrounged from a dumpster at Wesleyan. A naked girl cowered in a corner, a church, the pews made of razors covered in crusts of real blood, the last one coming at her. Outlines of her naked form and the church window were scraped, etched by fingernail to look like stained glass. Left in a cemetery as a gift to the dead, stolen by a supposed friend-- it was never given a proper funeral, paid respects, until now. Goodbye is in the tossing of petals. --Renee Elizabeth

IT'S ALL HAPPENING!!!  C E Hoffman’s debut collection,  Sluts and Whores , will be published via Thurston Howl Publications!  We want you to join us for feminist fun, all through the safety and comfort of your own home!  What: Book Party! When: February 13, 2021, 7- 10 PM (MST); 9- 11 PM (EST)  Where:  https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84552695462   Cost: FREE!  FB event:  https://fb.me/e/6KsfU5LfX Free e-tickets here:  https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sluts-and-whores-book-party-tickets-132709685241   C E Hoffman’s Teespring store:  https://teespring.com/stores/my-store-cehoffman We can’t wait to see you! 

I got a call from you from Brisbane It was very late where you were or very early You said you went to get fried chicken and the waitress reminded you of me I could smell the alcohol down the phone You nearly said it I know you nearly said it I need to hang up before I say something stupid My blood was pounding in my ears Say it  Say it Say it It went quiet the line went dead The gentle hiss of snakes around your ankles I used to wonder what was the difference between love and lust Because every inch of you made me collapse inside like a cliff edge I kissed you as the sun came up on the beach I tried not to and then I stopped trying I felt like I was in a film I had a boyfriend who was very kind but didn’t make me feel reckless I think about the word shatter You were sat on that bike in sunglasses a cigarette and a bad attitude You told me you’d spent a night in a cell before  You said you’d never met a bird like me before At the time I thought that was a complim