Kent Neal is currently a poetry candidate in the Lesley University MFA in Creative Writing program. He has published three collections: The Compass, the Labyrinth, and the Hourglass (in French, ErosOnyx Editions, 2015), Where Saltwater Mixes With Freshwater (in English and French, Red Moon Press, 2017), and A Ray of Light in the Lion’s Eye […]
Kent Neal
Kent Neal: Disinfected Dating
Despite opening all the windows; despite sitting at opposite ends of a long couch; despite wearing face shields, masks, and latex gloves; I can still smell the alcohol in my date’s hand sanitizer. While we two strangers struggle with this biographical back-and-forth, I can’t stop staring at you: sky-blue surgical mask. Rough three-day scruff rubs […]