Bethany Lewis

CLUMP/ BEAT


i want to roleplay.
you are the tissue
heavy with snot. 
i’m the ozone layer, 
sucking at a pliable 
section of skin between my 
pointer and thumb. 
together we
gargle salt water for at
least thirty seconds each, then 
down the basin it goes.
my smoggy body  
shuffling through 
its golden years.   


Bethany Lewis recently received their BFA from the Art Academy of Cincinnati. Their work has been published by pitymilk press, and Forklift, Ohio. You can find more of them, their process and experiments on Instagram @nonmetrical.