Assembled by Ryan P. Kinney
From works by Lennart Lundh, Elise Panehal, Tanya Pilumeli, Jason Blakely, Bronte Billings, Matt Young, Megan Hively
Additional content from Saga of the Swamp Thing vol. 1, “People who Died” by The Jim Carroll band, Linkin Park “Powerless”
Additional original content by Ryan P. Kinney

Dig the small grave
and place the smaller body so,
just so. The chill May rain
and the warm human tears
falling on her head
will serve for the ritual
washing of this pup,
barely two days old.

The fly says, “I can see that I have alarmed you. Please… Feel free to scream. There is no one to hear, and I shall still be here the you are finished.”
“I kissed it. It’s clean.”
“(Most) the people who died were all my friends”
We kinda stopped talking before we started talking.
says aloud, what he has been speaking in silence.
How fake they wish this could be
live inside, where everything that is small and screaming
There's blood on my hands... and I can't wait for this to be fixed so I can wash my hands of all this.
You woke the devil I thought you left behind.
So I cozy myself to a liar and a thief, because I want absolutely nothing to do with me.

Your telling me if I’m dead or not.
Atleast act like it matters