C. Show

@showster.bsky.social

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Six different poetry journals against a gradient background
A Perfect Sacrifice Why must a lamb bleed? [the precious soft drained of life promised undeserving to belief in redemption] a covenant sealed with blood [and is that why?] because blood is precious [or is it the loss that matters] belief and the blood redeems but not for me because redemption is a practice does the cleansing light change my character or must I break my own fingers and set my own bones my own blood spilled [a taste] the blood a promise to myself that I’m building something slick with dark red effort [living writhing] that dries up burnt— a reminder of what I’ve given
A square illustration using a digital watercolor brush to illustrate a blue square that transitions to purple then red the pink. There is a faint shape of a body and beneath the body are various shades of green. In the body are the words “does it fit? Do you care?”
The top includes the title “Revival” followed by C. Show then a link to a YouTube video of Talking Heads’ “Slippery People (live)” Beneath this is a link to the poem that says “READ HERE.”
A person wearing a shirt that read “FUK ICE” with a beanie and long brown hair and a bent cigarette in her mouth. There is a progress Pride Flag hanging in the window of the coffee shop covered with flyers.
A rainbow sign that reads “Welcome to the GAYBORHOOD” on the sidewalk outside a restaurant for Pride.
A rainbow gradient with the Bluesky user next to their orange cat. The words “HAPPY PRIDE MONTH JUNE 2026” arc across the gradient.
A graphic with purple curtains and a little goose saying “I’m in SHO Mini: Pride Out Loud.” In yellow font against purple, text says, “find me in the pages on June 11.”
The Assignment by C Show He was Wednesday, and he was sat in the car park looking for Thursday. The job was simple: Check for weak links in protocol. He'd accosted Tuesday, and the woman refused his advances. Monday was an old chap shuffling from the post office with his package in hand, not bothered enough to look up when he'd called for his attention. Sunday ignored him the same. Saturday didn't show up—must not have had a job that week. And Friday gave no opportunity for him to distract her because she was busy arguing with some customer service representative on her cell phone.
An image of stickers on a coffee shop wall including one for the band Dreggs
This colorful illustration features the lyrics of Sufjan Stevens’ “Age of Adz,” which reads, “When I die, when I die, I’ll rot. But when I live, when I live, I’ll give it all I’ve got. This is the Age of Adz eternal living.” In the lower left hand corner is a set of angel wings next to a banjo.
The first issue of Dandy Literary in a yellow magazine with the word DANDY in gold across the top. Beneath is a yellow bird drawing next to bullet shell casings. The user @showster is holding the issue.
The title of a chapbook GESTALT with the author name C. SHOW in a box beneath the title. There are multicolored boxes around each letter in the title in a white background.
A multicolored moon based on the photos taken by Artemis II. The moon is mottled with orange, red, blue, purple, and yellow. There are four craters that look like cells or stars. This is against a black background with rainbow star sprinkles.
A very colorful graphic that shows a close up shot of the Bluesky user on the right and then a whole body image of the user sitting on top of an orange rectangle to the left. The background is green with the colors of the bisexual flag striped across. The words “TRANS DAY OF VISIBILITY” are in the bottom left hand corner.
A picture of the Mike Rothschild book The Storm Is Upon Us
Angela with disheveled hair in front of a white minibus in season 3 of Mr robot
Elliot’s mother’s house in season 2 of Mr robot
Darlene with a background of greenery in Mr robot season 1
Elliot in a his work shirt with a blue folder form Mr Robot season 1
A photo of the band Psychotic Clown Pussy with the vocalist, guitarist, and bassist. They are set against a yellow background with the bands name bordering the photo.
A black rectangle with an outline of Nathan Fielder practicing flying. One quote says, “ NO INE IS ALLOWED IN THE COCKPIT IF THERE’S SOMETHING WRONG WITH THEM” in a red rectangle. Then at the bottom in a blue rectangle it says “SO IF YOU’RE HERE YOU MUST BE FINE.” The outline of Nathan is in a green rectangle.
David Byrne walking like in the Once In A Lifetime music video. The bodies are in red with a white outline. This is against a blue background. Up top and bottom are the lyrics “SAME AS IT EVER WAS” repeated.
A corner of Talking Heads art hung on a wall include a cobalt blue panel on the right. In the left are four rectangular panels composed into a collage using the pages of the A24 Stop Making Sense sine. Above is a small postcard featuring the Talking Heads in the 70s, and on the right is a framed poem featuring the lamp Stop Making Sense.
A staggered poem within a blue circle next to a crust of bread with breadcrumb stars. Teeth surround the circle against a red background. To the right is a butter knife spread with yellow.
Six square photos of punk bands performing at an event. The first is of the vocalist for Benadriil wearing a Busch hat and a 2nd Amendment bikini top. Next to this is a photo of him kneeling with a whipped cream canister held aloft. In the next row we have the vocalist for Psychotic Clown Pussy wearing a teal bikini top with clown make up on and covered in corn syrup blood. Next to this is them performing in their redneck costume. Finally we have the vocalist and bassist for Royal Cradle next to a photo of the vocalist singing after pretending to murder the vocalist for Psychotic Clown Pussy.
A patchwork trans flag with a lawn chair, two stuffed cats, and plants in pots painted with the trans flag.
The twin peaks quote “FIX YOUR HEARTS OR DIE” in blue text against a red background.
Four zines placed in a repurposed newspaper container
A square collage featuring an image of John the evangelist in the middle flanked by six other images of him. Around the border reads “JOHN I WOULD CHOOSE JOHN” repeating. In the middle stands Cardinal Lawrence with a halo that extends into a keyhole
A show at a tavern with a bassist, drummer, guitarist, and vocalist. The vocalist has a face of full clown make up. The rest of the band is wearing balaclavas stitched with clown faces. The band’s name is Psychotic Clown Pussy.
Two pieces of hybrid poetry. The piece of paper on the left features a poem with a yellow circle set within an orange square and blue background. This poem has the image of a mouth and esophagus. The paper on the right is a poem against a purple circle against a chartreuse background.
A description of the QAA podcast episode “Pokémon Go To Langley” Pokémon Go is more than a worldwide craze that inspired millions to hunt Zigzagoons through smartphones-enabled alternate reality. According to intelligence officials in several countries, it’s also an information security threat.
A graphic for the artist ARTGFLJ. It states “Where to find me: @ARTGFLJ” with the words “COMMISSIONS OPEN.” The graphic has examples of their art and a little mini graphic depicting the artist.
A drawing of a clown against a green background with polka dots and the words I WOULD CLOWN 4 U repeated three times
A screencap of the National Park Service website that reads “LGBTQ Heritage Education Resources”
A Byzantine still mosaic of Jesus on a tablet
A clip of the HBO series “The Young Pope” set to the song “A Milli”
A brightly colored angel holding a banner that reads “I MUST BECOME A MENACE TO MY ENEMIES”
Blue text that reads FIX YOUR HEARTS OR DIE against a red background. It’s bordered by what looks like a centipede with a black honeycomb background.
The background features a painting of a volcano from The Met’s royalty free image gallery. In the right hand side, the outline of Cardinal Lawrence stands in front of a seated Cardinal Benítez. Lawrence has wings that outstretch to Benítez’s halo-ed head. They are set against a blue background with a black frame.
The words “MACHETE-ME MASTECTOMY” are written in green. There are two clown faces with Xs over the faces as though the two clown faces were breasts.
A visual poem about desire as consumption against a blue circle, a crust of grilled cheese, a knife, a circle of teeth, and a red background.