Bestiary: Poems System-Agnostic Water: three billion years old

Water: three billion years old

Can a stalwart group of adventurers traverse the divided valley and scale the Colossus before it leaves annihilation in its wake

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broker a truce between rival corporate gangs or outright steal the company's secrets

While designed to be finished in one sitting

Bestiary: Poems System-Agnostic Water: three billion years oldDonika Kelly's fierce debut collection, longlisted for the 2016 National Book Award and winner of the 2015 Cave Canem Poetry Prize. I thought myself lion and serpent. Thought myself body enough for two, for we. Found comfort in never being lonely. What burst from my back, from my bones, what lived along the ridge from crown to crown, from mane to forked tongue beneath the skin. What clamor we made in the birthing. What hiss and rumble at the