#36 DISABILITY Archives • The Suburban Review

Extinction Song

The full moon / can make light of darkness. How can we, when we’re asynchronous / with our own heartbeat, with the earth?

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Creep of dust and water

Shaine Melrose

Chronic illness is like dust. I have one of those syndromes– / where symptoms are layered upon layers, and the pain renders /
my body an arid landscape.

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Cover Art – Ali Marbeck

Ali Marbeck

Cover image against a blue-purple starry background. The cover is a digital illustration in a magical realism style. The background is a dark navy sky, with pinpricks of stars scattered throughout. In the foreground stands a character wearing flowing robes in shades of golden yellow and orange. They have a slight defiant smile on their face as they stand holding an orange staff with vines wrapped around it, light swirling up from their other palm. Close behind them, a yellow dragon is looking out and smiling, its tail cascading down and wrapping around the character’s feet. Yellow light swirls around them both. There’s a feeling of power and mystery.

Cover Art of The Suburban Review #36: Disability by Ali Marbeck. Image is a digital illustration in a magical realism style.

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my executive is not functioning

J. Marahuyo

but who has time to fall apart? / my father readies a black / garbage bag: / my umbilical cord casket.

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Alice In Eternal Job Seeking Land

Linda Ogonowski

Artwork from The Suburban Review #36: Disability by Linda Ogonowski.

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G̵̹̿ļ̷͝ì̷̞t̵͚͠c̷̜̅ḧ̴̥ of the Wound

Sean West

Sensation’s persistent voice, a warning
whisper like the barbed death wish / of a stonefish.

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