Vírgen Abridera de Allariz, 13th Century
Open me. Split me down the seam that stretches just above my collar bones to my navel and down to the seam of my hem. Divide me and you…
A Fountain
On a warm spring that gorged on soil, spewed tornadoes like seeds, I painted my nails blue, the color of Alice’s dress, and cycled at night to the older…
I Wanted to Be a Boy
Because I want to be a wolf; because the earth smells of sinew and green. Because his hair was made of corn dust and cloud and I wanted to…
Elegy for My Daughter Who Has Never Known a Paradise
February 4, 2020, Lake Michigan She is dark coat and seed, blonde shock into the wind, the earth rounding a bend of sand to greet her, lift a…
Why I didn’t “always know” my [sex]ual orientation
Because we didn’t talk about [ ] Because Mom only said I know what you’re doing when the shower’s head was left pulsing. Because I knew that…
I dream that I give birth
but it’s different than the usual one where I’ve been drinking and remember quite suddenly, that I’m very very round. Where it’s all confusion and shame until the…
They Reappear in Some Vanished Summer
I know, because I’ve been there and seen it myself, where he dragged each drawer out of his dresser into the backyard and flung his clothes into an empty…
“Gunnison” Cultivar
—after The Botany of Desire My sweet earthnut, I was monoculture when the last bear of matrimony crunched down my crabbed heart and shat out the seeds,…
Conditions Good
Everyone I know who’s been divorced says on her wedding day, she knew. Which is lucky for me, I’ve always known nothing. When I ask the Ouija board…
First Marriage
when I steam brown rice I remember you in the smell when I peel purple onions I hold a wooden matchstick between my teeth you told me…