Lit Mash: It’s Me You’ll Never See

“Self-consciousness is the enemy of all art, be it acting, writing, painting, or living itself, which is the greatest art of all.”

-Ray Bradbury

Artwork by Chase Kunz

http://society6.com/artist/chasekunz

Inadequate Me

I am left

to steep

in the vast sea

of my inadequacies

“Inadequate Me” by Meaghan Merrifield

Artwork by Wharton

http://society6.com/artist/Wharton

The Mean Scars of Summer

our bruised and battered sky

weeps–

suspended

in scars

from the passionate strikes of

a relentless summer heat.

She

is all that remains of a day

too cruel to be unseen.

“Marked” by Angie Hoover-Hillhouse

Artwork: “Brain Ticket” by Richard Vergez

http://society6.com/RichardVergez/Brain-Ticket_Print

The Cure

days after

that faint burn

of pleasant Green swirls into

her lungs–

She is chilled by

a blood-tangled emptiness

That pulls her

into lost weeks

where she is

a crumpled lump

soaking

in her own foul water

“Nothing Stays Away” by Angie Hoover-Hillhouse

Artwork: “Triform” by Cassidy Rae Limbach

http://society6.com/cassidyrae/t-r-i-f-o-r-m_Print

She’s Done

I feel the dull but insistent teeth of your dinner fork

tugging at moth holes

in my sun dress

asking for me to be more bare

for you

more raw

for you

and so I let them needle away

until the threads are unknotted

and the cloth falls to the floor, and

I am

all that you want me to be

“Your Toy” by Angie Hoover-Hillhouse

Artwork: “Sleep When You Die” by Kieran Sperring

http://society6.com/captain_spezzo/Sleep-When-You-Die_Print

Art Heap: Point and Shoot

There’s Just no Privacy Anymore by Michael Hartford

http://society6.com/MichaelHarford/Theres-Just-No-Privacy-Anymore_Print

Surveillance by Tyler Hewitt

http://society6.com/TylerHewitt/surveillance-tn4_Print

Exposed Film on Fire by Rebecca Roe

http://society6.com/rebeccaroe/exposed-film-on-fire_Print

American Gun by Jesse Drexler

http://society6.com/jessedraxler/American-Gun_Print

Circle Heads 2 by Steven Quinn

http://society6.com/terra3/Circle-Heads-2_Print

Cry of the Wicked

Folded up

in this wrath that

flows like

a river from my lonely gut,

is a purple wound–

unhealed–

that cries and cowers with your children,

pleading for the pain

to die.

“In Me” by Angie Hoover-Hillhouse

Artwork: “She” by Steven Quinn

http://society6.com/terra3/She-Fce_Print

Not Stand-up Comedy: Louis C.K.’s “Hello There”

“Hello There” starring Ron Lynch, is The first in a series of surrealist shorts C.K. made for Howie Mandel’s Showtime sketch comedy show. I saw it when I was a friendless junior high school student and had no idea where it came from, or how I might ever find it again, but I loved it. And I never forgot it.

14 years later, following a 4-day netflix marathon of Louie, I embarked on a brief but ravenous search for all things Louis C.K. and there it was. To this day, it is my favorite of all his short films.

-Angie

At 1:12, you can catch a young Louis walking by in a sweater and a pair of sunglasses. ENJOY!