Statue of David with Top Surgery Scars"I see the smooth dip in surface
where pectorals meet a ribcage
and I envision into existence two scars
perhaps still fresh with stitch marks.
his stone sling slung over one shoulder,
a colossal right hand curled around a mystery..."
Devin S. Turk
Devin S. Turk is a poet, nonfiction writer, and visual artist creating from personal experience about Autism, transness, and Madness in the Mid-Atlantic United States, often with a cat in their lap.
Baltimore, MD, United States
Selected work (5 publications)
Junk Drawer"I keep a collection of keys
that unlock nothing
looped together,
tarnished neighbors on a lanyard
and I imagine
that they floss their metal teeth
with junk drawer gossip..."
Our Own Little Worlds...why is the autistic landscape automatically considered less fulfilling than that of the non-autistic? Why is the realm of neurotypicality the baseline standard while the “world” of Autism is devalued and dismissed as disordered fantasy?
The Power of the Autistic StimThe sensation feels like fountain soda under my skin. It starts in my shoulders and, by the time it has traveled to my elbows, I’m already moving. My hands become a blur. Loose at the wrists, they move back-and-forth, up-and-down...