a literary playground

By: Jae Eason

Fluorescence laminates the cold

bus seats. His eyes ogle at the

bareness of my legs. I feel caught 

and ripped open.

I imagine his skull concave

and unfastened. I imagine my

hands caked in blood.

About the Artist:

Jae Eason is a poet hailing from Long Island, New York, who has been writing poetry since they were thirteen. The main theme of their work is the exploration of violence against the body, inflicted both by society, as well as by oneself. She is a co-Editor-in-Chief of existé magazine.