ISSUE 01: STATE(D) VIOLENCE
ABOUT
HUNTER HODKINSON
Hunter Hodkinson is a queer, Ohio-born poet, teacher, and editor, building community in Brooklyn and beyond. They have worked with The Adroit Journal, Brooklyn Poets, The Lambs Club, and are the founder of Dead End Zine, a quarterly publication and press showcasing art, poetry, & interviews. Their work appears in Diode, december, Anti-Heroin Chic, Dream Boy Book Club, SplashLand Magazine, Poetry is a Team Sport, Abobo Zine and elsewhere. Their debut chapbook, Mean Gays, is out now with Tiny Cutlery.
$2.90
A cup of coffee
at my store is
$2.78 after tax,
just 3¢ more
than the fare
used to be&
12¢ short of
what it is now
which means
a life is worth
less thana cup
of coffee& the
pig wants oat
milk in his&I
happily inform
him that we are
actually out of
drip (we’re not),
& ask him if he’d
like an americano
instead& he oinks
something that
sounds like sure
& the decaf shot oozes
out of the grouphead
like an exit wound as
him& his buddies shoot
the shit like they aren’t
carrying real life guns.
LESSER OF TWO EVILS
Election night with queer commies
Two feet blown
clean off is still
better thana barrel
to a Palestinian temple
we laugh at the red&
blue theater on the television
blood is blue before it comes
in contact with oxygen
genocide doesn’t play
favorites when you are other
It’s onlya matter of time
It’s onlya matter of time
before they come knocking.