“It’s Just That”
Mercury-Marvin Sunderland
Artist Statement: An echo can lose meaning
it’s just that
it’s just tha
it’s just th
it’s just t
it’s just
it’s jus
it’s ju
it’s j
it’s
it
i
.
excuses
fly from tongue
as i sit here
waiting
for something that
i haven’t heard
so many times that
it has lost
the familiar sound of words
& now
it just
looks
like a bizarre combination of shapes
& a set of sounds
& it’s not that
it’s not that
t’s not that
s not that
not that
ot that
t that
that
hat
Mercury-Marvin Sunderland (he/him) is a transgender autistic gay man with Borderline Personality Disorder. He's from Seattle and currently attends the Evergreen State College. He's been published by University of Amsterdam's Writer's Block, UC Davis' Open Ceilings, UC Riverside's Santa Ana River Review, UC Santa Barbara's Spectrum, and The New School's The Inquisitive Eater. His lifelong dream is to become the most banned author in human history. He's @RomanGodMercury on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.
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