new from above/ground press: Passing Through: A Traveler’s Log(s) / Movements 1-23, by Thor Polukoshko

Passing Through: A Traveler’s Log(s)
Movements 1-23
Thor Polukoshko
$5

Movements 2-6: The British Museum, London

salty brow      
cotton
plastered    
to skin  
between
shoulder      
blades       
collar not
enough         
ventilation
deep     
breaths         
but     
breaths
within           
cloistered          
wooden prison

tandoori’s
revenge
strikes
in Ancient
Greece

haste back
through time
to proper
receptacle
fountain of
shit under fountain
of knowledge more
sweat more
waiting for other
visitors to use
electric hand-dryer
to hide
noisy shame

repeat: Ancient Egypt
repeat: Medieval Europe
repeat: before gift
shop exit

published in Ottawa by above/ground press
March 2025
a/g subscribers receive a complimentary copy

Thor Polukoshko was one of the founding editors of Memewar Magazine, and his work has been published in West Coast Line and The Incongruous Quarterly. He teaches English and Creative Writing at Langara College / snəw̓eyəɬ leləm̓ in Vancouver, where he has organized and hosted the Strangers on a Train reading series for the past decade.

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