Mantis 22 (Summer 2024)
dis.orientations

J. Catcher Ward


The Shadow Body

Sit in the

faint light and

let me tell you about the shadow

body.

A stillness, a whirling disk.

How do I peel back the silence

of limbs

and reach the place of the faces?

It starts where the body isn’t

And there are many.

Somewhere else

beyond the reach of

one


J. CATCHER WARD is a writer at large in the world.