I DREAM MY BODY, MY OWN AGAIN
June 24, 2022
Before today my body was free—
Rebel
Bird
Angel
Wing
Rebel
Petal
Float
Free
Rebel
Before today my body was free—
Before today my body was free—
Punk
Bones
Blood
Dove
Punk
Wild
Nation
Sing
Punk
Before today my body was free—
Before today my body was free—
Not
Just
Witch
Wife
Not
Just
Disposable
Mare
Not
today. Before my body was free—
Elizabeth Mercurio 6/24/2022
Elizabeth Mercurio earned an MFA in poetry from The Solstice Program. She is the Assistant Editor of Lily Poetry Review. Her work has appeared in Third Point Press, Philadelphia Stories, The Literary Nest, Fledgling Rag, Martin Lake Journal, Anti Heroin Chic, Ample Remains, The Wild Word, Thimble Magazine, and Solstice: A Magazine of Diverse Voices. She was nominated for a Best of the Net nomination and was the 2016 recipient of The Sharon Olds Fellowship for Poetry.
