Luna Rey Hall

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luna rey hall is a queer trans non-binary writer. they are the author of space neon neon space (Variant Lit, 2022), no matter the diagnosis (Game Over Books, 2023), the patient routine (Brigids Gate Press, 2023), and loudest when startled (YesYes Books, 2020), longlisted for the 2020 Julie Suk Award. They are the winner of the 2013 Patsy Lea Core in Memorial Award for Poetry.  Their poems have appeared in The Florida Review, The Rumpus & Raleigh Review, among others. They live in St. Paul, MN. Source

How a Bullet Works

it huddles warmly

in the nook of a shoulder

 

the joint cleared of its tendons

& muscles,

 

arteries, some nerves.

it sleeps           unaware

 

that its resting is permanent

that its removal would be fatal

 

to the host. soon

flesh will close around it,

 

the tendons will thread

back together,

 

the muscles mend,

the arteries will adjust

 

around its pointed shape,

the nerves will remember

 

their existence.

& it will be buried

 

as if its pain

never happened.

Published:

2020

Length:

Regular

Literary Movements:

Contemporary

Anthology Years:

2023

Themes:

Violence & War

Literary Devices:

Imagery

visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work

Personification

the attribution of human qualities to a non-human thing