Chicken

by Lynn Crosbie

  Other stars make appearances. I will leave it to you to guess who they are.

  I am a great admirer of Stanley Kubrick as well (it must be noted that Kubrick bears absolutely no resemblance to Lamont Kray) for his understanding that Militiae species amor est.

  Writing while immersed in his starry horrorshow was a great pleasure.

  I leave off with the quotation from the book and the film I had McDowell inscribe on a vintage Clockwork poster.

  He did so, cursing and complaining as Alex might:

  It was gorgeousness and gorgeosity made flesh.

  Courtesy of the author

  Poet, essayist, and novelist Lynn Crosbie was born and raised in Montreal. An award-winning journalist and cultural critic, she has written about fashion, sports, art, and celebrity. She has a Ph.D. in English literature and a background in visual studies, and she teaches at the University of Toronto. Her volumes of poetry and prose include Queen Rat, Dorothy L’Amour, and Liar. She is the author of the controversial book Paul’s Case, about the Paul Bernardo–Karla Homolka murders, as well as the novels Life Is About Losing Everything and Where Did You Sleep Last Night, a Trillium Book Award finalist. Her most recent collection of poems is about her father, entitled The Corpses of the Future.