Like flirting with a cigarette, studying it
teasing it between these slender fingers.
Turning it this way
that way
and putting it out after one
measly puff.
You know,
before the cancer seeps in
like that.
– Meysa Addeh
Toying with 26 letters
Like flirting with a cigarette, studying it
teasing it between these slender fingers.
Turning it this way
that way
and putting it out after one
measly puff.
You know,
before the cancer seeps in
like that.
– Meysa Addeh
you feel a storm in your stomach
you move fast
you etch his name above your navel with hungry fingers
– Meysa Addeh
I am a writer
and I’ve always known it.
Even when my feeble self-esteem conspired
against my urge to pick up a
pen. I carried it around
like you carry relics, my pens
remained tethered to them,
I write now.
Perhaps because I am not much of
a talker.
– Meysa Addeh