gunnar tchida
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Femme Curtain |
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From time to time I mash my ponytail into my face
and sob into the soft mass I consider the word dignity To determine if I still have it And no, I don’t exactly have it If a thing is happening then it hurts I toured the Susan B. Anthony house In orthopedic shoes I woke up chewing on dirt I underwent another poem I sat at a table by a busy city street And told the men who called me slut To go fuck their dads Their rage was so complete That finally I could relax |
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Itch Corridor
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I am alone in my tent
Which means I am naked from the waist down And wearing a long-sleeved Underarmour shirt soaked in DEET The shirt was advertised as Quick-drying, scent-blocking, and quiet I stretch out on my stomach Reading a Hungarian novel With an Ensor painting on the cover Thinking, if this was a Matriarchy I would just walk around like this All the time My whole mouth is an angry bite My red bumped legs are fast hot itch sticks Bruises emerge around scratch channels I am a human being in hot slow motion When your partners try to distract you Out of jealousy Or boring control issues It’s best to write your poem anyway A boyfriend called me a bitch once And I made a list of what might be a cool kind of bitch to be A bird bitch A bulldog bitch A long migration of mule deer bitch Wyoming corridor bitch Wildlife biologist bitch Rainbow trout bitch An Estimation of Streamflow Characteristics for Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge, Northeastern Montana bitch Montana Bighorn Sheep Conservation Strategy bitch Bothered ambition bitch Orthopedic shoe bitch Cold bath bitch Horseback bitch Leather reigns bitch Cold truck bitch Pink camo bitch Permit to carry bitch Soft hair bitch Gun lessons bitch Gunmetal bitch Field khaki bitch Foliage bitch Desert tan bitch Night bitch Cherrywood bitch Lakeshore sand bitch Blue pine bitch Rocky Mountain bitch You can stack small betrayals Like poker chips That’s really the end Of that |
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GUNNAR TCHIDA is an artist currently studying Wildlife Biology in Montana. In 2015, she founded the organization Cowgirls for Voluntary Human Extinction. Her dog is named Luna and her motorcycle is named Pony II.
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