girl-summer

by Meera Rohit Kumbhani

Published in SAND 26, 2023

(speak the following aloud, in front of men - or pictures of men - or thoughts of men - or in a bathtub suffocating under the hairs of men - speak in the voice of an adult-girl who could be an adult-adult but is one wet trust fall away from being the perfect girl-girl. flippers and floaties optional. tube top recommended. bodily-fluid shame slathered on skin like golden tanning oil. teeth unbrushed.

take a breath insufficient for all there is to say. you wrote these words. begin without thinking:)

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