by Nadine Smith
i never had a best friend
i only had a weapon
all these misbegotten
davy crocketts
no match for the
kalashnikov of my
inside voice
i sexually identify as
the second shooter
lee harvey oswald
on the mic
i’m a lover
but i’m also
a fighter pilot
facial recognition technology
could not predict when i will strike
a pipebomb in my intestinal lining
swiss army knife of afflictions
castrated with safety scissors
spayed and neutered by six gauge
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Nadine Smith is a writer, cheesemonger, & rabble-rouser born in Texas, bred in Tennessee, and currently based in Brooklyn. Her great-grandfather was literally a character in a Faulkner novel.
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