On Letting Yr Girlfriend Crush Yr Penis After Her Sexual Reassignment Surgery
by D.M. Rice
Do mind my balls
I like to imagine my little
swimmers wandering inside of you
looking for some sign of predestination.
Sketching private futures
where you wear your womb
in a handbag: prada
, versace, every italian glimmer of
the first poem— the quiet game
Do not forget
what I keep telling
myself abt what
Nietzsche said abt
demons, do not forget
to breathe
*
I am god’s ballgag
the fuss of your hair
post-shower, under the whirr
of technology you become
yourself, and I more me
to witness this, so
celebrate reversion, call
me anytime day or night
I’ll drop my books and run
before you can say
anaphylaxis— without my
phone your guess is
as good as mine
D.M. Rice is a PhD candidate at the University of Essex who recently completed a course in the Avant Garde for compiling full-length redactions of Epistemology of the Closet, Gender Trouble, and the History of Sexuality. They have work featured all over the net, most recently at History & Fiction, The Decadent Review, and Sybil. D.M. tweets @quizlemon.