Lucille Jeffery

The Arkansas Chaser
–        For Trans Remembrance Day 2023
 
I am not: Tender / stitched / a parachute / like areole / breath like whips / stalactite, (it is tight,
but I don’t cling) / rope, string, or cable / straw or scarecrow / colon / emotional / unholy hole /
slippery / raven (I do not screech) / dead / strung / mutilated / making peace / bloody on the
sidewalk / sad excuse for a woman / a fool / a weapon / a wound / bound and determined /
marching against you / like thunder / roaring / permanent / on the mountain looking down / man / woman.
 
Arkansas Cheats Her
            Embrace Transformed Yarn 20 – ‘23
 
I am: Sinew / stitches / sails / like areola / breath like whisps / stalagmite (because I’m a bottom)
/ yarn, like thread / hay :3 / semicolon / passionate / unwholly whole / slick / Crow (I represent
death too) / breathing / knit / really happy / picking up the pieces / but some are / learning to sob
so hard my head splits / a bit silly / a blade of folded steel / wound / like braided glass / the sound
of footfalls / rolling through a valley / like lightning / striking / – / woven / woman /