Christopher Morgan: #MeToo Series
Stop and Look In the Body
from “Suicide House”
stop and look in the body
he just wanted to look around.
said that when he opened the door
he told me
he was
aware of our family’s history.
as if he’d always known
like he was
Reaching out,
like he was in a trance.
like
He’s close to his grave
He’s still in there
looking up at me
I wish I could help him.
The Empty Room
from “The Riverview Hotel Phantom”
children chased
screamed in changing voices,
weird echoes. an unlocked door,
the empty room
try to scare
this version of
the hall
a bit more timid than good
the room room
room room
stopped and clutched
in front of the room the figure of a man
standing
his face was the color of
eyes dead black
Not a real person at all.
Note: These poems are erasures from Nancy Roberts' novel, "Georgia Ghosts"
Christopher Morgan is a Lebanese American poet and editor who grew up in Detroit, the Bible Belt of Georgia, and the San Francisco Bay Area, where he currently lives and co-manages Nostrovia! Press. The Reviews Coordinator at Alien Mouth, and the author of four chapbooks, his work can be found at Gargoyle, A cappella Zoo, Voicemail Poems, Bennington Review, and concīs, among others. He loves the woods, designing games, and happy hour margaritas.
