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In Memoriam Kevin Killian

the Matt Keegan gallery where each piece was a composite of two
side by side one on top of the other or shrunken down inside itself

each image a hairbrush or toilet seat becoming conscious 
as if from their perspective they understood the bigger picture 

as if there was a bigger picture Kevin said “think of Magritte
the man’s face obscured by a bird you can’t see anything at all”

from where I stood this attempted inarticulateness 
or lack of symmetry by not attempting to render a face 

even more beautiful when I imagined the point of view 
of the man in the painting who never had eyes in the first place

David Kuhnlein is the author of the horror book Bloodletter (Amphetamine Sulphate) and the poetry chapbook Decay Never Came (Maximus Books) among others. He co-edited the horror anthology Lizard Brain (tragickal), and hosts a reading series at Cafe 1923 in Hamtramck, Michigan. His website is davidkuhnlein.com