Misdirection
by Arden Fitzroy
The magic show’s starting but all the kid cares about
is the picture book on Dad’s lap,
teething around baby mammoth’s question:
are we rare?
Dad says, it depends on how they cook us.
Arden Fitzroy is a writer-poet, actor and full-time dandy who believes in experimentation and blurring the boundaries of genre, gender and art forms. They were shortlisted for the London Writers Award in Poetry 2018 and the Creative Future Writers’ Awards 2020, and have opened for Saul Williams on the Roundhouse Main Stage. See what they're up to @ArdenFitzroy.