soft flesh gets dressed
in chains and wire, electricity
looks good on each me
and here is life,
skulls lit up like bulbs
and dull interference in them,
the masters of sparks and absences,
a heritage stolen from dead men,
flesh and heaven
– David McLean
David McLean is Welsh but has lived in Sweden since 1987. He lives there on an island in a large lake called Mälaren, very near to Stockholm with woman, cats, and a couple of dogs. He has a BA in History from Balliol, Oxford, and an MA in philosophy, taken much later and much more seriously studied for, from Stockholm University. Up to date details of many zine publications and several available books and chapbooks, including three print full lengths, a few print chapbooks, and a free electronic chapbook, are at his blog at http://mourningabortion.blogspot.com.
