body glitch

Written By Stephanie Dinsae

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subject is a girl, before we know it, it -- she

will be a woman, perfect 

to break and mold

subject is a girl, too much

of a smart aleck, we must

silence her

subject plays too rough, look 

how he -- she chases

fiercely after those boys, playful

subject is a girl, watch her be

scapegoated for her skin, the escape

from perception impossible

subject is too ugly, abrasive

to the touch, stand far away

before the hideous rubs off on you

subject doesn't seem girly

doesn't care about her hair

how her body hangs

she should have been

born a boy

subject likes kissing

girls more than normal something

is off something is malfunctioning

turn it off turn her off

abort mission

subject is not what

it was trained to be 

Stephanie Dinsae

A poet and Black Classicist from the Bronx, New York, Stephanie Dinsae is a 2019 Smith College graduate and has received an MFA in Poetry and Literary Translation. She often writes poetry about myth as it relates to Blackness and her own life, video games, friendship, and the fallibility/flexibility of memory. Currently, she is published in The Common, hex, Cartridge Lit, Exposed Brick Literary Mag, Dipity Literary Magazine, Burrow Press Review, BRINK, ANMLY, and The Seventh Wave. Her favorite things to do are dance around to music and obsess over astrology. In case you were wondering, Stephanie has major Libra, Scorpio, and Sagittarius placements.

https://www.theblackmedusa.com
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