from “melanin & mirrors”

“tech tantra” by Afieya Kipp

alexa:

play ocean sounds // send specters to my room // find me a vacant skin suit, disease free, in a size 14, please // send a man ready to suck my pessimism through my clit with a straw // balance my anxiety with my depression to make anxression // go back a few years & scream at my parents for being too young & dumb // reorder dental dams // delete my passive aggression with a virtual desktop access lobotomy // wash my feet with rosewater // tell my grandmother she is worthy // drive the aches in my body to personify themselves & burn // make sex a slice of pound cake with lemon curd // extract my uterus & throw it into the void // apologize to the centipedes i’ve killed in a cup of hot water // give me a straight jacket made out of leather next time // box up a kiss a make it taste like that grapefruit, july 2014 // turn my enemies into a designer bag // remind my lesions to heal

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