Dan Sicoli

bellwether

see me fall but not die: swing swing marion: rusty old chains are relieving and revealing: belly belly valerie: gaskets are blown and trail evidence: alignment refreshed for the masses: there’s a ribbon here when fulfillment is completed: sorry sorry greta

a body bleeds in the rye

 secrets

the veneer plasma drowning dream sea refills in rhythm like torrid outposts of forest watch: scroll sound ferment cranium embryo hosts consuming like-minded cells: divine dorcal knots cross-contaminated isotopes: heave patterned slots of sea anemones is a cafe of shoelaces saving family ties

cancer cells implode autonomic and secretes slightly rusty residue

underbelly

thwaites hanging thin: floe death on the burner: corpse collapse of south sea breeders: blue cracks bleed drop by brick: measure dignity with time: squaring hunger artificially, huh?: bloat away: engine turns over

a sixth attempting

Dan Sicoli's latest collection is Slag Alley (Ethel Zine Press, 2026).