WRITINGS FROM THE SCHOOL OF ENGLISH
girl’s shirt there’s a raw back. she shows me pink skin like baby hamster. mother hunger makes monster girl. she won’t leave my head even though I asked nicely. she is only a monster because her mother. her brother. her make believe. monsters are only monsters because we make them so. I said goodbye to my childhood bedroom. monster girl followed me out the door.
SUMMER 2022 | 29
