“Why don’t I just upload a tearful selfie to Instagram?”
Canon-fodder
“And the rib that the Lord God had taken from the man he made into a woman and brought her to the man.”
A Letter to My Period
“I embrace these parts of myself, those that we have been taught to see as negative aspects of our bodies.”
The Wanderer
“I used to welcome in more men, and once this caused it harm –”
Untitled Artwork
“If I was a painting …”
Earthquake
“Laura’s panic had subsided; now she just felt sad and worried about everything she still needed to accomplish. She worked slowly but persistently. She felt unproductive.”
The Bridge
“I was still
And so was life …”
Succubus
“She envelops his whole body in her noxious saliva …”
Our Mother
“Dry as a bone our Mother is these days, as she / Sits there, silent, slowly simmering away.”
Maggots
“No doctor can pluck from my memories of rooted sorrow, and raze out the troubles that be been etched into my brain …”