I never thought I’d live this long As a queer, AIDS or God’s wrath. As a women, domestic violence, if not, domestic servitude As an Iranian-American, target for a hate crime As a ‘passing’ Iranian-American, a 9-5 life and a Mercedes would have done it Not to mention — Let’s not mention it. I just Continue reading “Never Thought”
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GOT PUBLISHED!!!
GOT PUBLISHED!!! I am so honored to be a part of this amazing publication and have not stopped crying in appreciation for someone seeing, not only my work, but me. Thank you so much @Armeghan Ta. Thank you for giving me a platform where I can be myself and to be a part of thisContinue reading “GOT PUBLISHED!!!”
Decision Outlets: A Series of Dichotomous Images
Series 1 A flower blooms in a tar pit. A thirsty fly drowns in paper. A silk nightgown on rain clouds. A carbonated flat tire. Series 2 An illuminated copper shoe. A spilling sapphire receding behind prawns. A giraffe swimming in a shot glass. A dichotomous hippopotamus on house arrest. A long-sleeved homeless tapeContinue reading “Decision Outlets: A Series of Dichotomous Images”
Sensuality of Food
We eat out of bowls hands intimately cupped around the curve giving the food a sensual body
Cognitive Overload
Every day, I wake up thinking about all the stuff I have to do that day, then part of my brain ruptures and I fall back asleep
Anger
Anger and I walked home the other day a mass of snarling teeth and the color orange snapping at passerbys absorbing them then I I yanked its umbilical cord for I had birthed it myself.
The Nerve
God is dead and so are the nerve endings in my left leg & thumb But I did have an orgasm 4 days ago.
GOT PUBLISHED!!!
Got published in the Los Angeles based Feminist magazine VENUS ( Very Empowered Nymphs Uplifting our Sex). Be sure to check it out HERE!!!
Giving People Their Space in Public
The strange sensation of giving space in publiceven now don’t give it to me DON’T Give me thisand give me my space in public the space to freely move this bodythrough the streetengaging in ____ repetitionRepeat this monstrous rhythm within this entrapped tradition ofmoving through the physical space Give me this because I will gratuitouslyContinue reading “Giving People Their Space in Public”
When, If, and Not
When you date the man you’re going to marry, only to realize you don’t want to be married. When you love the woman you wish you could be, only to realize you could never be loved. When you kiss someone goodbye, only to realize you were saying hello. When you break your heart, only toContinue reading “When, If, and Not”
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