Compulsive Swim
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Our city is an ocean. Every night one of our neighbors drowns in a crack on the sidewalk. Every night we call it hope to climb our way to the moon--just to panic when we can't find an airplane or meteor to catch a ride home on. We spend days treading water with someone we love, hoping that a wave doesn't rise and block our view of the sun. These 30+ illustrated poems exemplify that floating feeling of being between sobriety, society, and stillness. Austin Davis is a poet and activist from Phoenix, AZ, who lives with OCD. He is the author of the chapbook Lotus & The Apocalypse and the founder of AZ Hugs For the Houseless. "Like a Gen-Z John Donne..."
- Angele Ellis, Cultural Daily "Davis holds in his hands an understanding for the diversity of emotion like it's the fragile globe of a dandelion ready for wishes."
- Caitie Young, The Poetry Question
- Angele Ellis, Cultural Daily "Davis holds in his hands an understanding for the diversity of emotion like it's the fragile globe of a dandelion ready for wishes."
- Caitie Young, The Poetry Question
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:B0BST9W3TL
ISBN13:9798374651072
Release Date:January 2023
Publisher:Independently Published
Length:60 Pages
Weight:0.22 lbs.
Dimensions:0.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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