MLA Chernoff
$6
Speech Difficultypublished in Ottawa by above/ground press
When I think of you, I think of me––
how clumsily my absence snogs
your presence, how a pillar of salt
squirms where my tongue used to be,
how a bespoke dictionary abruptly
replaces itself on your shelf, as
the room undresses unfit mirrors
revealing the wake a moon who yields
its time and fucks off into the hollering
cloud beds we crafted upon the rust of golems.
October 2025
a/g subscribers receive a complimentary copy
Moral: MLA Chernoff (@sickass_sicko) is a slick, sick, and sappy writer based out of Toronto. Their debut poetry collection, [SQUELCH PROCEDURES], was released by Gordon Hill Press in 2021 to very little acclaim. Oh well! They are the author of seven poetry chapbooks, including TERSE THIRSTY, I'M LIKE THE GREAT GRANDCHILD OF MARX & COCA-COLA (BUT NON-BINEY), and ESTRO FLUNKY. Get it through your thick and juicy skull: they will never stop. MLA’s work has been featured in numerous journals, such as PRISM International, The Ex-Puritan, and Peach Mag. Their poetry was longlisted for the 2024 Austin Clarke Prize in Literary Excellence. MLA has won no awards, but not for lack of trying. Oh well! Get in touch at mlachernoff.com.
Sincerely and with kind regards,
Your humble and obedient servant,
MLA Chernoff
This is Chernoff’s third above/ground press title, after SCRIED FUNDAMENTS (2022) and ESTRO FLUNKY: FIELD NOTES (2023).
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