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Sawn in Two: Poem by Simon MacCulloch

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Art by John Sowder © 2026

Sawn in Two

 

by Simon MacCulloch

 

Hey presto!

 

Here’s her head                                  Here’s her feet

This part blinks                                  This part wiggles

This part smiles                                 This part wiggles

This part speaks                                 This part wiggles

This part waits                                            This part wiggles

This part wonders                              This part wiggles

This part questions                             This part wiggles

This part shouts                                 This part wiggles

This part pleads                                 This part wiggles

This part weeps                                 This part wiggles

This part stares                                  This part wiggles

This part plots                                             This part wiggles

This part cajoles                                This part wiggles

This part bargains                              This part wiggles

This part begs                                              This part wiggles

This part curses                                 This part wiggles

This part screams                               This part wiggles

This part spits                                             This part wiggles

This part gnashes                               This part wiggles

This part thrashes                              This part wiggles

This part bleeds                                 This part wiggles

This part howls                                  This part wiggles

This part babbles                               This part wiggles

This part cackles                                This part wiggles

 

Which part do you think he kept?

 

 

       Simon MacCulloch lives in London and contributes poetry to a variety of publications, including Spectral Realms, Bowery Gothic, Black Petals, Pulsebeat Poetry Journal, and others.

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From the hollows of Kentucky, John Sowder divides his spare time between creating art for Sugar Skull Press and working on various cryptid-themed projects.  He illustrated GEORGE THE HOLIDAY SPIDER by Rick Powell, which is due November of this year.  You can see more of his art at www.deviantart.com/latitudezero  

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