My bedroom is full of ghosts and glow in the dark stars I glued to the ceiling when I was fifteenand in sort-of love with a girl who smiled a mouth full of metal,the brackets of her braces alternatingher favourite colours: pink purple pink purple pink purple. I exhaled perfect O’s with a cigarette I…
Tag: Adolescence
Asexuality
I am sexless. We spend this night like jellyfish.We sting and stingeach other and it thrills me.We tiein careful knotsuntil we fill this tank up. This spills over–this water that will never be drunk. Stevie Blue is a student from Leicestershire.
The High Fall
I vault, somersault and plunge, an anchor,into the wetness that tastes like mint. The back slap knocks my breath. My gasp obliges the lifeguard to yell at me once, as if I could catch enough air to answer. When I was drowning at Adventure Island in the wave pool deep end, I didn’t know how…