No. 42 Winter 2024

Steve Castro Defenestration

I was daydreaming of dead bodies.
Rabbits mostly. Strewn about on the dirt
alongside rotten cabbages & carrots
like some Godforsaken stew. I took
a last bite out of my cow tongue sandwich
and walked towards an old friend
who stood by an open window holding a pigeon,
with what appeared to be, two broken wings.


Steve Castro is a Costa Rican surrealist whose 2019 debut poetry collection, Blue Whale Phenomena, was published by Otis Books (Otis College of Art and Design).