I have travelled to and from the Parallel
I tried to bring back what I could –
but the artifacts
experienced unforeseen side effects –
please forgive me.
I do not yet know
what this means for us
but I beg of you
for the sake of all humankind
cover your mirrors.
ƨƨɘbboϱ […] O
[…] Ɉɔɘlʇɘɿ ɘw
lliw ɿυoγ ob […]
[…]ɘЯ ʇo mlɒɘЯ ɘʜɈ noqυ
ɘɈiɔɘɿ llɒʜƨ […]
ɘƨɿɘv bɘɿɔɒƨ ɿυoγ
ɿɘwoq ɿυoγ ʜƨɒɘlnυ bnɒ
[…] oɈnυ
.ƨɘiɈinɒv ɿiɘʜɈ no bɘɘʇ
bnɒ […] llɒʜƨ ɘW
nɘʜw ɿɘυpnoɔ […]
ƨɘƨiɿ noom […]
.ƨɘbiɈ […] moɿʇ
∞
Amanda N. Butler is the poet behind the Dancing Girl Press chapbooks Tableau Vivant (2015) and effercrescent (2017), as well as the microchapbook How A Fairy Gets Her Wings (Origami Poems Project, 2018). Her poems have also been published in Hedgerow, Haikuniverse, Nu Lit House, Babe Soda Magazine, and others. She can be found online at amandanbutler.wordpress.com and on Twitter @arsamandica.
