BROWSE Columns
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who believes my shoulders
can be held—
or a woman is encoded & then memorised?
no player saves.
the screen won’t always show what you ask
just bc you asked.
in fact, a syrup pours up from my neck as you cut it:
I too can kill a man.
I blush when you smack me.
watch these hands, one to either hip,
swiping a red finger in the sand
to make a eunuch;
getting the moon to turn w/ a knife
so the sun can be crowned in darkness.
Natalie Mariko is a poet from New Jersey, currently residing in Athens, Greece. She is the managing editor of the annual arts and fashion magazine, CODE, a junior contributing writer for CLOT Magazine and a former poetry editor of SAND Journal. Her debut poetry anthology, HATE POEMS, was published in 2023 by the independent Australian publishers, no more poetry. Her works have appeared widely, both online and in print.
