The Q&A Queerzine

Xavier Dolan’s Whole (2022)

By Italo Ferrante

it is a pleasure to burn one hole after the other like an oyster shell bored by sponges like St. Sebastian on steroids I am full of holes the first hole glows in the dark when I miss my father when my father doesn’t text me goodnight even if he’s always online the second hole buzzes like a sleep-deprived bee when I woof at a retired man with no face pic with no pronouns my father should know the third hole is the hole of androgyny it is my body shape a top hourglass and a triangle which should be inverted which should point downwards I cling to the conditional mood I enunciate better than Tiresias my syllables are never stressed the fourth hole is the hole on my belly a reminder that I used to ride in God’s balls a scar my father left me for not being a girl my mum should remember I was so scared of Father’s hammer drill that I would stick my head in the dryer even when it was off the fifth hole is the actual hole the fifth hole is the hole that burns when another man comes inside to fill me up

Italo Ferrante earned a BA in English Literature and Creative Writing from the University of Warwick. He is currently undertaking an MA in Creative Writing at Lancaster University. To date, his work has been published by Train River, Nymphs & Thugs, Orchard Lea Press, Reinvention, The Initial Journal, and Kamena Magazine

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