Zefyr Lisowski | A Woman Is Like A Thick Fog. Stranded Landmass. Tangled Waistband. Not To Be Trusted

Zefyr Lisowski is a trans femme artist and writer currently based in New York. She teaches and studies at Hunter College, edits poetry for Apogee Journal, and is the author of the chapbook Blood Box (Black Lawrence Press, forthcoming 2019) and the microchapbook Wolf Inventory (Ghost City Press 2018). Zef's work has appeared or is forthcoming in Muzzle, DIAGRAM, Femmescapes, Bone Bouquet, and The Texas Review, among other journals.

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A Woman Is Like A Thick Fog. Stranded Landmass. Tangled Waistband. Not To Be Trusted

This is what I am (telling) (to) (you) Woman is immaculate hair The men (grab) (it) again (and again) Is long blond(e) hair Is glasses is accessory I bath(e) myself in it (the hair) I love it (the accessories) Look at (this) My (flushed) face Collect my (lisped testimonies) Feel my (smooth) (arms) I watch the television The men talk over me (even) (now) I (report) my instances of (woman) (They) (talking) (They) examine (my) (body) My testimony (Powerlessness), the doctor tells me, can be read (as a mark of success)

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