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POETRY THAT ENACTS THE ARTISTIC AND CREATIVE PURITY OF GLASS
POETRY THAT ENACTS THE ARTISTIC AND CREATIVE PURITY OF GLASS
Jody Chan is a writer and organizer based in Toronto. They are the poetry editor for Hematopoeisis and the author of haunt (Damaged Goods Press, 2018) and sick, winner of the 2018 St. Lawrence Book Award. Their work has been published in Third Coast, BOAAT, Yes Poetry, Nat. Brut, The Shade Journal, and elsewhere. They have received fellowships from VONA and Tin House. They can be found in bookstores or dog parks.
instructions for removing an IUD
— for how long have you had pain & bleeding between periods?
my blood keeps me on a tight leash whips
my days into a routine of not knowing I keep
a pad ready to brandish at all times riotous
uterus spliced by a foreign tool & a tampon
bloated in a sea of sharp red sapphires
— have you had any new sexual partners in the last year?
my pelvis has not been infused with stranger
ills than loneliness or a cold plastic hand
clamped inside it shame is not the remedy
if that’s what you need to know
— did you use a condom every time, or only because you were coming to see a doctor?
you’ll frisk every inch of me for a neck
to hang your judgments on but you won’t
ask me what my pronouns are
— is your partner a man or a woman?
I crush on everyone & we fuck how
we do we owe you no education
— when was the last time you had unprotected sex?
despite you we want each other safe
Glass: A Journal of Poetry is published monthly by Glass Poetry Press.
All contents © the author.
All contents © the author.
