Welcome back. The February 2009 issue of Defenestration has arrived! February is that sad time of the year when all the snowmen we hired back in December go back to their temp agency. Many of them lost weight in the past couple of months. Some of them left a little yellower than the day they
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I am startled by a blaring honk And I see- a middle finger spring up before me. It made me want to act on nothing. It was the most boring middle finger I have ever seen; lacking in all passion and artistry. (a Monster truck on valium.) No more incredible than a blade of grass
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A thin letter from the Likely Review sits in my mailbox. I will use my scythe to exhume the letter from its holder. In the mailbox, the envelope dozes atop a coupon From Bed Bath and Beyond, a material image of sorts. Above, the clouds are clouding around me. This draws up existential questions, and
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No, Sister Gertie, A rose is a flower is a resurrection is an erection is a momento is an Is. ———— Li Min Hua is the author of 1,918 published poems and essays. He has edited special issues of College English and Margins. He has written three poetry volumes Sunspots (Lotus Press, Detroit, 1976) Midnight
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Radiant sunshine bursts through the living room window with enthusiasm and the birds perched on the blossoming trees outside chirp a cheery tune. Dolly Parton is on VH1 singing, “Better Get to Livin’” and there I am lying on the floor, after choking on the first bite of my bagel, dead. Clichéd and ironic, don’t
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