salem paige
$6
i ask you to take a bite out of me
and you comply, after all i
am still flesh only flesh
open for the world to
cannibalize, if they
want to (most won’t - this
meat is tough on weaker
jaws ( too firm – your
hands find the freshest
wounds, tongue inside
each, a rhythm in false
defiance burning the air
of this backseat
final resting place
our gaping mouths, caverns –
yours on mine and mine
spread between my legs
and growing, this moment
humid memory to revisit
from my many graves.
published in Ottawa by above/ground press
December 2025
a/g subscribers receive a complimentary copy
Salem Paige (they/them) is a poet and multidisciplinary artist based on traditional Coast Salish territory (so-called Vancouver, British Columbia). Salem holds an Honours Bachelor of Arts from the University of Ottawa with a Major in Communications. Their works revolve around the exploration of identity and discomfort through narrative universes where Nature and technology intertwine, and can be found in their collection of poetry, The Third Self (2023, Sunday Mornings at the River Press) and their chapbooks evolution artificialis (2025, Anstruther Press) and to grow roots (2023, bottlecap press), as well as in corporeal literary magazine, Beyond Words magazine, STREETCAKE magazine, Ariel Chart Literary Journal, BiPan magazine, and many others. They have previously been twice nominated for Best of the Net, shortlisted for the Ralph Gustafson Poetry Prize and the Bridport Poetry Prize, and longlisted for the ROOM Poetry Prize. More on Salem can be found at salempaige.com or @corpseofapoet on the Internet.
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