Jonathan Hayes

Untitled [Eating strawberries]

Eating strawberries and watching Suspiria
— blood on the fingers

Untitled [Watching Godzilla]

Watching Godzilla at the matinee
submerge under the ocean to recharge

— the power goes out in the theater

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Jonathan Hayes is a Lost Boy poet from Santa Cruz, California, living on the levee by the San Lorenzo River. His poems have appeared in Can We Have Our Ball Back?, Horror Sleaze Trash, and Shampoo, amongst others. He’s also co-author of the split-chapbook, Hallucinating California, w/ Richard Lopez.