Leigh Kotsilidis

Leigh Kotsilidis is a poet and visual artist based in Montreal. She is the co-founder of Littlefishcart Press, Fish Quill Poetry Boat, and Scientists for Love. Her first full-length poetry collection, Hypotheticals, was published in 2011 by Coach House Books; and her most recent art exhibition, Lady Into Fox, was on display at the Redpath Museum, Montreal.

For Christ’s Sake

From the roadside we spot
the Jersey’s hide, camouflaged
in wheat, tufts of guts and fur

in milkweed. Up close, eyes dusted,
ribs minced from the maw,
with chrome clipboards we poke

and draw the remains...