Gretchen Rockwell

Gretchen Rockwell is a queer poet currently living in Scotland. Xe is the author of the chapbook Lexicon of Future Selves (Vegetarian Alcoholic Press) and two microchapbooks; xer work has most recently appeared in AGNI, Cotton Xenomorph, perhappened mag, Whale Road Review, and elsewhere. Gretchen enjoys writing about gender, science, space, and unusual connections. Find xer at www.gretchenrockwell.com or on Twitter at @daft_rockwell.

Poetry

I’m Not Saying Anything About the Schmidt Pain Scale

By Gretchen Rockwell

“his sister mentioned the mental illness that tunneled its way through the family tree, the honeycomb clusters of sisters & fathers & mothers & daughters”