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by Maddie Godfrey my Dad is a mathematicianhe raised me as a venn diagramcalled me: half boy, half girlwe watched Quentin Tarantino,and Tomb Raiderhe taught me how to shave my legslike he shaves his face the day I got my hair cut offhe asked, “do you still look like a girl?”I think he hoped IContinue reading “Labels Are For Jars”

by Amanda Saunders It’s Sunday morning and my uncle is telling me about the “levels” of assault, How it’s wrong, but a girl should not be able to have sex, regret it, and cry wolf; How she should have expected that grab when picking out her skirt. And he doesn’t know that His voice isContinue reading “When I Call Myself Survivor”

by RJ Equality Ingram VOICEMAIL POEMS · "Valentino" by RJ This is a Valentine’s Day poem because when I walk into an adult bookstore for a dildo to mail to my fiancé I am caught by one named after my best friend. Happy Valentine’s Day, Valentino. I cut my hair, trimmed my beard, painted myContinue reading “Valentino”

by Joli St. Patrick Good eveningit’s meyour darling girlof the stageyour delicious dollopof feel-goodconfectioneryI’m hereof courseto delightand inspire youask me anythingno reallydon’t be shyopen my bookread whateveryou can findin all my marginsWe all knowthat the momentI shrugged ona dressI pledged to wearmy life storyon my sleeve I certainly didn’tembark on this journeybecause I wantedto hideit’sContinue reading “Regard”

by Elliot McLaughlin during my last week at my old job,a hawk killed a seagull right above the front doorno hiding the flurry of soft white feathers floating down in front of the floor to ceiling glass windows and doorsno keeping that ugliness from anyone now they say that dead birds are bad luckso iContinue reading “dead birds”

by Carolyn DeCarlo & Jackson Nieuwland When I first read that I thought it was in German,like to meet up or something scary like that,and then I just realized I know the rest of time. What does the stroke order away?Maybe the nonsense is the crocheted ideas, and I should make other noises with myContinue reading “It Was Very Cold”

by Robbie Dunning I LEFT THAT HOUSE LIKE A BOSS Like it was my job except betterbecause – I’m Not as Good at my Job as I was at Leaving the House that day I Left The House Like I had been Professionally Trained To Kick Past my Anxiety Like I’d taken Seminars in SteppingContinue reading “DeadName”

by jayy dodd I am often caught hollering at homeboysand homothugs in the stairwells of laboredWhite parties. Kissing spliffs beforefamiliar tongues. These are our bodies. My eyes were caught looking at homeboysand older boys with better bodies andbetter masks. Momma said there would bedays like this, boys like you–pretty. Take the tensions, tender and tragic.DisrobeContinue reading “Homeboy”

by Heather Dora Dear beauty,you can do soooo much better!!!! than beast!!!!dear belle, you are lovely! & literate! & sweet!& beast … well, he’s holding you prisoner!& if you fall for him, i’m pretty sure that’s called stockholm syndrome!That’s a little screwed up, beauty. unfortunately, though, i get it.see we are raised to believe there’sContinue reading “Open Letter To Belle / Beauty / Literate Princess”

by Patrick Roche (The following is a series of failed attempts at writing a complete poem about my mental illness) II am a lifeboat of a body too small to hold myself III like to pretend it isn’t me—the panicking—It’s something else taking overI like to pretendUntil it fills my lungsIt’s a frightening realization toContinue reading “Depression, In Brief”