this body is not a body / it is sin / I
want to drown / watch me fill my pockets with stones / wade
into water / how can I apologize / for
space / I exist / do I / would it be better / to
evaporate or to ignite / alive / I am
not / holy / how can I be / with this flesh / I am
my enemy / silence / I do not see mirrors /
I become / am I teardrop or testimony /
the sound of rain on a broken body / something
like salvation / wish I was pure light / nothing else /
Madison Zehmer is a 22-year-old emerging poet and wannabe historian from North Carolina, with work in Déraciné, Gone Lawn, Drunk Monkeys, LandLocked, and more. She is the editor in chief of Mineral Lit Mag, and her first chapbook, Unhaunting, will be released by Kelsay Books in 2021.
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