Issue #32.6 A Triple Issue: Margie Banker, Karina Longo, Darby Myr
A Poem by Margie Banker
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They want me for my body, this flesh and bone and skin, for their desires only, for the sins of their fathers, for the anger towards their mothers. They bend me, over beds, over backwards, to quench their thirst. I never hear their voice again, not aloud or in my head, fade into the depths with the others, skeletons of my own creation–see, this is why I do not touch my own skin, for fear of the recoil, the backlash, the hideous inside-turned-out. I am not built to withstand the weight of desire, would rather become, like a recluse, the spider in a dark corner, poison that eats away at your skin,
the one no one knows or fears but should.
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Margie Banker (they/them) is a dyke poet born and raised in the Upper Midwest. Confessional by nature, Margie writes to survive. Margie holds a BA in Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies from Macalester College. They're currently pursuing their Master's in Creative Writing while working in administration at a small liberal arts school. Their work has been featured in Boshemia Magazine, Issue 7. They have too many animals for their studio apartment, and have rocked a bowl cut for well over a decade.
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A Poem by Karina Longo
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Karina Longo is a neurodivergent Brazilian-Italian poet. Her poetry has been featured or is forthcoming in Expat Press, Be About It Press, Resurrection Mag, Some Words, Dodo Eraser, Michigan City Review of Books, and other places. Find her on X: @TheDarkestStar
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A Poem by Darby Myr
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Darby Myr is a queer writer, textile artist, trained anthropologist and tree planter. Her work is forthcoming in SQUID literary, Raiya Magazine and Qu literary. She is based out of Montreal when she is not stuck in the teeth of the northern Rockies.
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