by KC Wilder
cracking through apartment walls
giant roaches three feet tall
in my bathtub sometimes crawl
the most repulsive insects in the world
i’m fairly sure
mordred can you hep me
can you hep me
can you hep
meister mordred i implore
be my toxic stevedore
mordred herks & jerks around
his loaded spraycans looking scary
at an infestation he quips
‘this bug nest is hairy’
mordred the exterminator
eighteen inch long cock-a-roaches
scuttle down my halls today
those fantastic horrifying insects
scaring cats away
once again i do my best
spitting at the phone i say
‘hey i need you come & spray’
mordred the exterminator
BIO: KC Wilder , in Joan Miro-like fashion, taps into the collective unconscious and sculpts a stylized pop vernacular. The result is at once painterly and musical, layered with a tongue-in-cheek, brightly colored surreal casing. This distinctive style Wilder calls “fauxbrow”. Recent publishing credits include The Seattle Review, Poetry New Zealand, Pacific Review, Chronogram, Space and Time, Barnwood, Feathertale, Jerseyworks, Silver Blade, Semaphor, Cordite Review, Lichen. Wilder has taught writing at the State University of New York. He’s edited and published a number of award-winning literary journals. Since the 1980s his work has been published in hundreds of literary journals. He’s toured the U.S. and performed his poetry and music in over 30 cities nationwide, accompanied by his own guitar.