the urchin

BY MAIJA ELIZABETH EKEY.
 
​the urchin moves like an eyeball sensing its spine       telling you where to move by feeling
the mvmnt                                                                                    the hive mind is not hard to come by
the hive mind affects more the later into cpitlsm u ventur
at some point it refreshes itself because the refrsh is often times necessary
                                                                                                                    as we have learned t me and time again

                        the choice between pollinator and pollinated is indistinguishable

      I.               the fidget spinner is a gateway to the collective consciousness
      II.             pokémon go is the initiation
      III.            the 8foldpath is the way out
      IV.           a yin yang sticker on your 6th grade notebook
      V.             lisa frank had some idea
      VI.           a scene of someone stealing a cab in the rain

a gift for the end times

BY MAIJA ELIZABETH EKEY.

​gave me porcelain hands lyk remembr me i am here when he is there & yr thots r here but oh
well       a pattrn repeats itself

               it is years later and raining outside home used to be a place where i felt unashamed
               so sat in the middle but i guess at sum pnt the things unsaid became 2 unbearable or
               built up just enugh & so he rushed off into the ways most of us get by and i fell into it
               quite deeply

     i deleted so much writing in an effort of self preservation but i think it would save me now


                                       it ws almost alwys the deceit that ended up getting to me
                                       can t imagine it is easy for u to ignore the frwrks of othrs
                                                       but we re all so versed in playing pretend

                                                                     i tried to tell you over & ovr
                                                i guess the hurt is what we re all trying to avoid
                                                  the hurt--s the good part thoh didn t you kno ?

                                                            it’s the complacency that throws the
final crush
                                                                                                                                                              never a drag out

                                                                                         always still a slow burn that lingers in the bckgrnd​
Maija Elizabeth Ekey is a writer, visual artist, and educator living in Kingston, NY. Maija holds a BFA in Printmaking from the Rhode Island School of Design and a Masters of Science in Teaching from Pace University. Her work considers notions of space, transparency, time, and the limitations of the language. She weaves non-linear stories that allow her readers to float through words and worlds while considering their conscious and subconscious realities. Her work has appeared in several publications including Womanzine, Dollfeeder, Girls Get Busy, & Bluestockings Magazine. Maija has self-published work since 2007.  You can follow her on Instagram @spiralswims.