Table of Contents
Venal Exodus 1
Cynicism and Other Synonyms 3
slice 6
Ode To The Uterus 7
Conflict, Changing Lanes, and the Hypocritical Silence
that Ensues 8
magic, blue lights, and velvet loveseats 9
Defund the Female Phobic 10
A (Self) Love Story 11
Within Your White Picket Fence 12
The Underwater 13
hollow lungs, eyes, kazoos, and fingernails 14
Because You Asked About Love, I’ll Tell You 15
Roots 17
Erasure Poem from Virginia Woolf’s “The Voyage Out” 18
Cycle Demise 19
280 days in 21
As You’ve Heard 22
Self Care and Other Unattainables 23
Middle School 24
I don’t know 25
shot down 26
Forewarning Pantoum 27
Maternal Encounters of Disregard 28
The Table Where We Sat and Sit 29
Muzzled Magic 30