27 About the Author

Though she named herself after the muse of comedy

humor is alien to her.

Alas, what could be funnier?

Lithe, cartilaginous, and

impending–she stands leering

above all others. She

might seem scary, but she

couldn’t hurt a fly.

Nocturnal and riddled with insomnia, she

terraformed herself to be more habitable.

Introspective to the point of obsession, she

returns day after day, inching

ever closer to the mirror.