EVE ADAMI

You have your bat right where women of the past grew chest hair, he said. It’s a sign of strength.

You have a special face, there’s a line that runs through the middle of it, exposing that you are made up of two different women. That’s why you are so strong, he explained; you are doubled.

Every day Lady Gaga is reborn as a sobbing baby (for example)

Made up of two people but hosting an ocean of them deep inside.

Like detectives who are haunted by the victims for whom they sought justice

Or the stories of your great grandma that stick in your head

You are a divine woman. The best artists are divine women.

At 23 I am conjuring the strength of tween me—before shit got bad and boys meant anything and the first step onto the pink sparkly tiles of PINK Victoria’s Secret was enough to make me excited to be a girl.