The Well

The Well

Matthew VanderKwaak

They are already rolling in,
these strange little storms
that rain upon my breakfast.
And I am sure I am outside myself,
since there is a crater the storm rings around,
and the pit is in my guts or just above them,
and I must be outside myself when
the wet soaks my clothes and
I begin to dissolve and drain
into the gutter of my guts
down to God knows where.

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Matthew VanderKwaak
Writer & Poet

Matthew is an artist, writer, musician, and medievalist from Halifax, Nova Scotia. His PhD studies were in philosophy, and his work explores the relationships that bind the cosmic and the ordinary. His favourite novels are Middlemarch, Tom Jones, and Infinite Jest. Website: www.matthewjoel.com

Artwork by Kristaps Ungurs