give me the cut \/ out \/ garment \/<\/p>\n\n\n\n
in a 2-D \/ chapel \/ thinner \/ <\/p>\n\n\n\n
than thin \/ I win \/ whimsy \/<\/p>\n\n\n\n
by bartering \/ width \/ my chin <\/p>\n\n\n\n
straight \/ forward \/ girls gone \/<\/p>\n\n\n\n
shoulder \/ to shoulder \/ bare <\/p>\n\n\n\n
for years \/ dreaming \/ girth <\/p>\n\n\n\n
pursing my \/ lips \/ printing <\/p>\n\n\n\n
purses like \/ stamps \/ sell me <\/p>\n\n\n\n
as the whole \/ set \/ collection \/<\/p>\n\n\n\n
corkscrew \/ briefcase \/ hours spent <\/p>\n\n\n\n
on a train \/ plane \/ trolley \/<\/p>\n\n\n\n
mothering till flat \/ leavened \/ or lead<\/p>\n\n\n\n
we lay \/ stacked \/ deck of cards \/<\/p>\n\n\n\n
joker \/ joker \/ joker \/ turn a page \/<\/p>\n\n\n\n
and the self \/ spun \/ blank \/ <\/p>\n\n\n\n
a glimpse of air \/ could undo \/ me<\/p>\n\n\n\n
cutting along \/ line \/ linkage <\/p>\n\n\n\n
to marbled \/ journal \/ pressing<\/p>\n\n\n\n
necklace \/ to thumb \/ I held <\/p>\n\n\n\n
my breath to keep \/ my clothes on \/<\/p>\n\n\n\n
what I wouldn\u2019t give \/ to print \/<\/p>\n\n\n\n
another \/ form \/ figure\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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 … <\/p>\n