*A Justification in Verse for (Potentially) Giving You a Bad Kiss at Midnight

A Justification in Verse for (Potentially) Giving You a Bad Kiss at Midnight
Scott Gibson
(from the 'recyclable language' chapbook. released april 13th by -dead seagull press-)

Yes
my tongue may feel like
an awkward fish in your mouth but
fuck
have you seen those salmon
in spawning season
they don’t have any directions
telling them what stream to go up
they just go on what feels right
But these salmon
although they can’t prove
that they know what they’re doing
giv’er
and some of them
end up on jagged rocks
on the side of Mission Creek
and tonight
I hope those fish
aren’t a metaphor for me
because tonight
I’m hoping that my tongue
will be leaping tonsils and molars
gracefully
like red and green kokanee
conquer currents
to get to somewhere
that feels right

*dead seagull press (and so it begins)

So, after months of being completely torn between the names "last unicorn press" and "dead seagull press" I finally decided and -DEAD SEAGULL PRESS- it is.

-dead seagull press- will be presenting it's first release on april 13th titled "recyclable language." It's a chapbook featuring poems by Kaare Iverson, Kara Campbell, Robert Coslett, and myself, as well as photo's by Kaare Iverson.

*scott