so the joke goes like this:
worthless person
tell me something i don’t know
you child of chaos
witch woman
you sound waves coursing through veins
all say; no do
burning cop car without the molotov
shabbat sans יהוה
dyke who fucks men
for the aesthetic
coward
screams no, but means yes
means ruin my life for me
so i have something to scream about
whore without a choice
(or that’s what they force on you,
say trauma, say damage, say sorrow, anguish, suffering, damage
say there are a lot of ways to say I want to die
but none of them are right)
i put myself here but i don’t know how to leave
in that legend i’m sisyphus
and also the boulder
always the boulder
one must imagine that boulder miserable
say i want to kill myself but i’m afraid of doing it wrong
i’ll burn myself at the stake
light the match
never sure if i’m the cave or the fire in it
never sure if i’m the burning or the ash left
afterthought
say open me up
look at all the moving parts
look at how i don’t even
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Kate is from Mammoth Lakes, California, and currently resides in Salt Lake City, Utah where they are working towards a BA in English and an MA in teaching at Westminster College. Kate is a Virgo and lesbian who loves swing sets, their dog, and their girlfriend. Their work has previously been published by Pressure Gauge Press, Write About Now, and Rising Phoenix Press, among others. You can send Kate photos of the ocean on Twitter at @pasta_slut.