hysterectomied woman,
lie in bed,
pretend it is still inside
slip reality on
and off,
listen to the sound
mute behind
your diaphragm
in search of potential
inside
your body
like the hysterics,
move
aplomb
and in servitude to your
desires and deliverance
winged monarch
winged moth
winged virgin mouth
do not question
Bios
Therese Estacion is guest-editing Arc 102: Disability Desirability, which will be released in the fall.
Therese Estacion
Therese Estacion is part of the Visayan diaspora community. She is an elementary school teacher and is currently studying to be a psychotherapist. Therese is also a bilateral below knee and partial hands amputee. Her poems have been published in CV2 and PANK Magazine. Her first book, Phantompains, was published by Book*Hug, and is a finalist for the CLMP Firecracker Awards. She lives in Toronto/Tkaronto. [provided for the Disability Desirability call]