Alexis Bates is a poet and writer that uses words to become intimate with an audience. You can read her words in Luna Luna Magazine, Five:2:One, Vagabond City Lit, and elsewhere. Her micro-chap, When Cars Touch, is published with Ghost City Press.
Alexis Bates
Casual Body Comp.
fitting room insert
me
not able to pull
dress
over shoulders
jeans
over single thigh
my friend
plucks clothes
from racks
without checking
sizes
I imagine what it is like
to be so skinny
that I am not afraid
of being trapped
in fabric
of being trapped
in body
I fail
Glass: A Journal of Poetry is published monthly by Glass Poetry Press.
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