visions of myself as a healthy person

i do not awake to rat droppings on my windowsill / on my dresser / in my pillow cases / next to my
toothbrush

i can praise the sun on floorboards that are even

i do not eclipse the joy of others with my ill feelings

i have a bathtub that can hold my 300 pound body / like a dew droplet in a blade of grass

my feet are washed in a crystal basin with water / blessed

i capture the essence of all my equally as beautiful & healthy friends in orbs of light

i paste together the ripped bits of old moodboards with my pure secretions

i nod out of understanding / not to just do something with my head

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by Afieya Kipp

Afieya “Fi” Kipp (they/them/he/him) is a trans artist and poet from Northern New Jersey. They received their MA in Poetry from Southern New Hampshire University and a BFA with distinction in Painting from Kean University.

Fi’s work can be found or is forthcoming in Badlands Literary Journal, Okay Donkey Mag, The Bombay Gin, Milk Press and elsewhere.