Mag Gabbert is the author of the forthcoming collection SEX DEPRESSION ANIMALS (Mad Creek Books, 2023), winner of the 2021 The Journal Charles B. Wheeler Prize in Poetry, and the chapbook Minml Poems (Cooper Dillon Books, 2020). Her work can also be found in 32 Poems, Pleiades, The Paris Review Daily, The Massachusetts Review, Waxwing, and elsewhere. Mag has a PhD from Texas Tech University and an MFA from The University of California at Riverside; she’s received poetry fellowships from Idyllwild Arts and Poetry at Round Top; and, in 2021, she was awarded a 92Y Discovery Award. She teaches at Southern Methodist University and serves as the interviews editor for Underblong Journal. Photo credit: Cara Eliz Photo

TWO SECTIONS FROM “THE BREAKUP” by Mag Gabbert


I’m already softening, a too-comfortable beast with meat on the bone
I’m already softening, a too-comfortable beast with meat on the bone
I’m already softening, a too-comfortable beast with meat on the bone
I’m already softening, a too-comfortable beast with meat on the bone
I’m already softening, a too-comfortable beast with meat on the bone
I’m already softening, a too-comfortable beast with meat on the bone
I’m already softening, a too-comfortable beast with meat on the bone
I’m already softening, a too-comfortable beast with meat on the bone
I’m already softening, a too-comfortable beast with meat on the bone
I’m already softening, a too-comfortable beast with meat on the bone
I’m already softening, a too-comfortable beast with meat on the bone
I’m already softening, a too-comfortable beast with meat on the bone









throughout the whole winter, my heart switches directions
throughout the whole winter, my heart switches directions
throughout the whole winter, my heart switches directions
throughout the whole winter, my heart switches directions
throughout the whole winter, my heart switches directions
throughout the whole winter, my heart switches directions
throughout the whole winter, my heart switches directions
throughout the whole winter, my heart switches directions

 

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