Poems and Texts

From The Riot Grrrl Thing by Sara Larsen

Lydia Cortés, Trace Howard DePass, & Sara Larsen
Monday, September 23, 2019
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i was _ a _ libertine ___ in

the __ ante-room _______ of _______ Love _ , _______ some
remember

______ black (earth?)

________ UnManageAble _ crux of __ femme

__________ I DARED MYSELF TO MARK SOMETHING ON PAPRYI
hunk of flesh ___ salt meat __________________ words
rush _ like a Maenad ___ over
_______ grave-isles __ garbage-vales _ thick-crocus mountains &
gut-sad __ seas
_______ for Space is not easily discerned by Mortals.

___________________________ hey Sapph, ______ take up yr lyre
_________ play something we DON’T __ know the words to

Gogyla, Atthis, _ Andromeda, _ Amalthea
_____________________________ Anaktoria __ &

the big violet bruise.

sing abalone-crowned Cytherea ___ eclipse-of-state
_______________________________________________ whose voice hustles
us _ scarred __ shocked _ abject __ subversive ____ UnderSung

______________________________ we fight this society of death

Sara Larsen

Sara Larsen is a poet and writer living in Oakland, CA. Her newest book is a polyvocal exploration of punk and poetics, The Riot Grrrl Thing (Roof, 2019). Previous books include Merry Hell (Atelos, 2016), and All Revolutions Will Be Fabulous (Printing Press, 2014). She is also the author of several chapbooks including Our Ladies, Riot Cops En Route To Troy, The Hallucinated, among others.

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