the master’s face
in the mirror of my freckles
bird gypsum
my eyes are stuck in the web of the sky
the fifth finger on my hand
pretends to be torn off
Mykyta Ryzhykh is an author from Ukraine who now lives in Tromsø, Norway. He was nominated for the Pushcart Prize in 2023 and 2024, and has been published many times in literary magazines in Ukrainian and English.
