The Q&A Queerzine

she tells me: rentrer

By akhir ali

like her mama and the mama before that mama
she is a descendant
of discernment
she
disregards
mis-shapen in-sincere touch and
unasked for
unyearned for
presences and
prayers.

where the Clit should be an eye shines like quartz in geothermal waters
with kaleidoscopic vision she embraces death
wades whispers welcomes
swells like a question beating in the chest

the only portal god put on this earth enunciates its burden in blood.
becomes its own blessing by choice.

i hum the chromosomes
spiral
i split deep waters
like prophet
extend root and loam
into the
manifold darkness
where truth of all flesh
make meaningful promise
to return
对
return.

akhir ali (she/they) is a writer who explores intimacy, contradiction, disembodiment, and ancestry. They are a published author and contributor in Salty, Autostraddle, Meeting of Minds UK, and others. They are pursuing their MFA in Fiction at Sarah Lawrence College.

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