CW: Abuse
Read Moresmoke whirls in the air, great swaths of grey
snatched up in the sharp winter sun, the chilled wind
clawing its way across the brick exterior of the bar
Read MoreI know it's a sexist thing to say, but women
aren't as good at making music as men…
–Julie Birchill, former NME journalist and author
Read MoreFirst the toes seize up. We triple in size. Cower behind our blue ox. We fasten our fingers over
our mouths so that they may not find us by our breathing.
Read MoreBy Israeli-born poet Lee Broda
Acre, Israel
Last Time I Checked, I Was Still an Israeli
My Aleppian Legacy
Read MoreIf you are silent about your pain, they’ll kill you and say you enjoyed it.
–Zora Neale Hurston
The zigzag on the Rorschach test
Looked like a zebra --
It was black and white
And sprouted coltish legs.
Read MoreYou said you wanted me
when you turned to face the lamppost.
The snowflakes caught your eyelashes
on the last languid Christmas.
Read MoreI am not sure when or how it all happened,
But lately, my vagina has seemed like a beautiful chalice.
Read MoreI left your body with the same
grooves in my fingernails as you
bitten to the quick
bringing comfort when everything else
Read More…I was chipping my new manicure. I was eating all of the grapes with
coffee ice cream. I was a little chubby, but nice.
I was writing poems by the side of the pool,
the blue curtains…
Read MoreShe marinates my petaling skin,
with Vicks Vaporub. The cracks stop
at my stomach, to reveal a slick
oasis made by her calloused fingertips.
Read MoreThis is what we fell into.
That’s why we take the stairs two at a time, we destroy the surveillance cameras, confiscate all the guns aimed at us, shut off all your alarms, and we speak.
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