don’t ever be honest to your body
tonight i wore a short skirt
with no panties underneath
and looked into the eyes
of every stranger that walked by
i sat down on the subway platform
and the floor got extremely angry
i sat down on the subway platform
and the concrete bit my bare skin
i sat down on the concrete
and a rat crawled inside of me
and fell asleep
i put all of my baby photos in a trash can
in a city i don’t live in
you aren’t as good as you think you are
yes you are
i have so many scars
my entire body is a scar
i can’t remember where any of them came from
all i know is they came from my fingers
i am writing
i am also dying
please come back
no wait go away
come back
don’t touch me
stop it
keep going
put your hand inside me
ball your fist
grow out your finger nails
scar me from the inside
scar me where i can’t scar myself
you just need to sleep for 3 days
talk to me after you do that
Sophia Katz is a Toronto-based writer and art school student. Her work has been featured on Everyday Genius, Pop Serial, Sappho Zine, and other places in print and online. She has a Twitter account that is funny sometimes.
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