Wosene Worke Kosrof, The Inventor V (detail), 2022, acrylic on linen. Courtesy of Sullivan Goss Gallery, Santa Barbara, California
The Prophet
_ _And the prophet goes forth into the
Wilderness. For forty days and forty nights
he doesn’t shit.

Stuart Dybek has published in many magazines, including The Falcon, Chelsea, and The Paris Review. (1975)