1.
This, my cluttered kitchen,
acts as pitiable throne room
for a semi-widowed queen,
whose king sits voluntarily dungeon-bound

Once upon a time there was a
young writer, which might be the
worst kind of writer to be.

I blame you, Sylvia,
for the awfulness of a white Christmas
and the revelation (while my mother
is driving home from work)
that people often freeze to death.

rebecca.
i knew the night i kissed your birthing scars,
when we shut the lights and were silent
and put our mouths about the other’s,
breathing the quietformed heat of latent organs –
unto ourselves sufficient, each the other’s cause and end.

These girls I knew,
It was like their
houses were sinking

The erection
of the
ichgeist
is inevitably
the diserection of the
siegeist.

& I feel sick when I think of
how your cunt must sweat in the summertime.

blackest canopies over this longing suburban town and also the very night time shade of navy where unsinkable ships have glided with coy buoyancy into silence

You’ve tangled my feet, I’m caught in your hair.
Soon I’ll be naught but a knot in your hair.

Your eyes make me want you to call me your pupil.
I long for the things I’ll be taught in your hair.

It’s a bright and clear day.
Sun creeps through the window
at an inoffensive angle.

Chewing on a crepe at
the café on Easton.
The mozzarella’s barely worth the calories.

As Managing Editor of the JVP, I’ve spent the past few months working closely with Editor-In-Chief Matia Guardabascio. I’ve been exposed to her sharp-wit, her strong analytic skills, and her love of literature and music. Business meetings, however, can only let one so far in to the life of another. A Q and A can provide even further access, as is the case with this interview, wherein myself and readers get to learn about Matia’s upbringing and stargazing, amongst other things. The best way to get to know someone, as Matia herself points out, remains to be through casual conversation and plain-old hanging out. But until you have the pleasure of chatting with Matia herself, this Q and A will have to hold you over.