May 16, 2022
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Overhearing an Argument on the Morality of Writing Body Horror from my Federally-Protected Seat on Bay Area Rapid Transit
By Ros Seamark
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Overhearing an Argument on the Morality of Writing Body Horror from my Federally-Protected Seat on Bay Area Rapid Transit
By Ros Seamark
Don’t you have a body? And aren’t you afraid? The glassy surface of a healing burn stares back, pleasant and attentive as a stuffed stag’s head. Like it was getting paid. I wish I was getting paid for this. “Please hold on,” chimes the sweet voice of the train angel as we lurch forward into the clouds above a painted, peeling city. So she does have desires. O you who cannot rot, pray for us.
Ros Seamark
Ros Seamark (they/them) is a queer disabled poet & translator from Central California. You can read more of their work in ANMLY, Sugar House Review, and Poetry Online. Follow them on Twitter.
Image description: Photo of the author standing in front of a mirror in a store wearing an old leather jacket, balancing their weight on a cane in their left hand. Also in their cane hand is a drugstore prescription bag. Behind them are shelves with mass market pop culture t-shirts for sale. Follow them on Twitter.