Luna Rey Hall
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