Tag: Poetry

Unintentional Mother Figure

Sep 1, 2024 | ,

By Becca Downs I’ve grown strong in a universe     dressed as a sharp-jawed man confident in the art of targeted cruelty     and pretending to love me, just to show me a boy tugging on my hem     to take me naked and whole and...

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Salpingectomy

Sep 1, 2024 | ,

By H. Roth I could easily exhaust myself arguing all the finely mapped out reasons I do not want to be a mother Ranging from the hazy hard to pin down and defend                  I do not want to through the agonies and...

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Queer

Jun 1, 2024 | ,

By Alexandra Steahly-Jenkins Maybe I was born this way I’ll never know I find myself two-tongued and ten-handed I like either both this hidden hybrid The first time I descended into her wet everything the velvet sanctuary...

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