Self-Portrait as Churning

Meg Lubey

Lack for want cuffed my

ankles, darned me to the

mattress, drained me into

thinking boredom

exists. I ache. Submerged

in desire

in fancy

in hanker

in pine, I’m so hungry.

I’m so hungry.

Meg Lubey is a visual artist and writer currently based in Cleveland, Ohio. They are the author of "About Cutting Limes and the Moon Being in Half." You can find more of their work at meganlubeyart.com.