A God in the House

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Funny and diabolical, these short, linked, prose poems describe a girl's need to escape from a world of lust and lawnmowers into a dream world. From child to adult, the poet imagines her life as a new Houdini. "Full of nouveau folklore, quirky unrequited narratives, and mock dream analysis, Nin Andrews' work is always surprising, sharp, and wild."-Denise Duhamel "Pepper Facts "It's true what they say. A certain kind of spice can get under a woman's skin. Once ingested, she will taste it in the air and on her sheets, she might feel as if she were living in a Mexican restaurant. For a while a woman might think it's the man she's sleeping with, that he's gotten inside her clothes and every cell she is. Chilies are potent, no doubt about it, some contain antibiotic properties, inspiring a fire to rise in the blood, replicating the sensation and biochemistry of romance. A woman will lie awake, tossing and stirring, unable to sleep. She will eat bowl after bowl of ice cream beneath a full moon. But in the end, she will discover it's nothing a little baking soda in her wash and toothpaste can't cure. And what a relief she will feel then! She might howl at the stars. Or dance nude in a snow storm, her arms flung wide to the wind and singing cold, happy at last to be listening to her own thoughts that promise her, never again. Never again.