give me the cut / out / garment /
in a 2-D / chapel / thinner /
than thin / I win / whimsy /
by bartering / width / my chin
straight / forward / girls gone /
shoulder / to shoulder / bare
for years / dreaming / girth
pursing my / lips / printing
purses like / stamps / sell me
as the whole / set / collection /
corkscrew / briefcase / hours spent
on a train / plane / trolley /
mothering till flat / leavened / or lead
we lay / stacked / deck of cards /
joker / joker / joker / turn a page /
and the self / spun / blank /
a glimpse of air / could undo / me
cutting along / line / linkage
to marbled / journal / pressing
necklace / to thumb / I held
my breath to keep / my clothes on /
what I wouldn’t give / to print /
another / form / figure
Robin Gow is a trans and queer poet and YA/MG author from rural Pennsylvania. They are the author of several poetry collections, an essay collection, and a YA novel in verse, A Million Quiet Revolutions.