The Repentant Magdalene, 1576-77You wonder what she’s thinkingunder that greedy moonas spiders drop onto nets of borrowed light.I know a man with penitent habitswho tells me today is the only truth;th...

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Critical Mass II After Antony GormleyMen hang from the ceiling.Upside down, sideways. Not from their necks,never from the necks.Penises glued to thighs, nothingawkwardly flailing,nothing to depri...

after Sara AhmedI pour water from a vase onto my avenues of amaryllis.My skin speaks to me about her own shadow.This month alone, I have had twenty dreamsthat feature the erosion of my body.—I am so o...