Roadkill
by L. White
what will you do with your life?
lie in the road, possum-like
across the asphalt, angel-like
how does the end of it feel?
at peace in the body incongruent
waiting for a car to drive by
are you one with your body?
flesh pressed into the cracked pavement
and finding your self never changed
what is a reaction to roadkill?
cars swerve to avoid the mass
or run it over again and again
who are you in the dead of night?
I will be a formless thing
I will be a painless thing
L. White (they/them) is a queer, twenty-something poet currently studying at the University of Denver. They’re originally from Massachusetts, though they're not so unfortunate to have a Bostonian accent. Their big three are Cancer sun, Aries moon, and Libra rising. Their work exists at the intersection of poetry and peculiarity, drawing from subculture to explore queerness, belonging, pain, pleasure, and liberation in their work.