Nathan Lauer

LIVE! WITH A CERAMIC KITCHEN KNIFE AND KATHIE LEE

It would be beautiful if
looking up from his own blood
in his hand he saw your face
without the obvious line
from Shakespeare disturbing his
sad final thoughts of himself.


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Nathan confesses: "The fictional narrator opines that iit would be beautiful if' events transpired as described and is not inciting any specific public figure to action; only that, and this is true by the way, many wonderful people say this – very smart – it would be the very very best assassination ever. Huge."

NATHAN LAUER is an American writer living in Hong Kong. He is an MFA candidate at Pacific University's low residency program, where he has been awarded the Pearl Scholarship. His work has appeared in the Asia Literary Review, Buffalo Almanack, Meat for Tea, The Valley Review, The Eloquent Orifice, Of Zoos, and the anthology Hong Kong Future Perfect (Inkstone Press, 2016).