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May 8, 2024

They: A new poem

A poem of mine, They, was published by Arlen House in their Washing Windows IV anthology.

The poem is one of a series I’ve been writing about my experience of being non-binary.

 Rachel Handley              They     When I tell you who I am  you tell me that I am wrong.  As if my born blood speaks words  to you that it refuses me.  As if my years, whispering only to you,  filled me up, pink, and ready  to be pressed into your shape.  But blood is made in the mouth,  my whole heart sang to get it there,  to flush out the stones you grew.

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