- Mark J. Mitchell
Cut outs
By Mark J. Mitchell

The hole is shaped
like your missing teapot
carved out of stiff paper,
white, one and one half
lifetimes ago. Shadow it
with your fingers
to draw the conclusions
of puppets.
Mark J. Mitchell was born in Chicago and grew up in southern California. He has published 2 novels and three chapbooks and two full length collections so far. @Mark J Mitchell_Writer