Atmosphere pops temples like balloons, using
just pressure.
These seas of air outlining the seen
are as reactionary as any
body,
shifting with whatever and wherever
they feel.
-Alex Shapiro
Alex Wells Shapiro is a poet and artist from New York, living in Chicago. He received his MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2017. A former athlete, much of Alex’s work physicalizes interpersonal and environmental relationships. He has recently published or forthcoming work in Storm Cellar, unstamatic, Genre: Urban Arts, and Digging Through the Fat. More of his work may be found at www.alexwellsshapiro.com.