The Area Code for ESP by Jon Riccio | Really System: Issue Eight

The Area Code for ESP

Jon Riccio

Decompressing one shower curtain at a time,
just as "new carpet smell" is another way of saying

there's an agoraphobe in need of a housewarming.
Mayday an epoch, progress before rooftop, epistolary

the relationship we've yet to reverse engineer. I am
the science of my weakest link, value-added oven mitts,

insomnia the best time to befriend a phone psychic
between grasp and grip. If you’re anything like me

you Ziploc tomorrow the night before.
My star chart has Brillo rescinded all over it.

Jonathan Riccio studied viola performance at Oberlin College and the Cleveland Institute of Music. An MFA candidate at the University of Arizona, his work has appeared in Waxwing, Qwerty, Paper Nautilus, Redivider and The Writing Disorder, among others. He resides in Tucson.

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