Mantis 18 (Spring 2020)
The Embodied Mind

Jack Giaour


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I feel half crazy with sustained psychic anguish
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I am colder than a witch’s tit
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Most people would describe me as morbid, and not in a good way
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All of my daydreams feature explicit sexual acts
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Most people would describe me as interesting, and not in a good way
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I am grey-tempered and pathetically mal-adjusted
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All of my dreams feature explicit sexual acts
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Most people would describe me as difficult to get along with
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Most people would describe me as way too nice
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I am noticeably and disturbingly self-absorbed
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Most people would describe me as spiritually gnawed by a need to exact bloody vengeance on those who have wronged me, and not in a good way
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I have recently started biting my fingernails
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JACK GIAOUR does not live in Salem, Massachusetts, but he often tells people that he does. He holds an MFA from Chapman University, and his poetry has appeared or is forthcoming in Cardinal Sins, Juked, and Collateral, among other journals.