THREE POEMS BY REBECCA LYNN
HOW TO TALK TO A PEGAN BY ELIZABETH SHULER
February 8, 2019
POETRY BY ELIZABETH REAMES
February 10, 2019isn’t it so angry black woman of me/
to call those who come for me/vultures/
waiting to pick apart/a thing/they call /already/dead
LAST NIGHT I HAD AN AMERICAN DREAM
WHITE WOMAN LOVES ME SO MUCH
she thinks i’m so cute
and sweet
and my “yes m’am” reminds her
of the good
old
south
and white woman says she
wants to take
my hair
my words
my everything
says: she just wants to keep me
in her closet
would love
to see me
hanging
there
Rebecca Lynn is queer, black, and surviving in Boston. they enjoy rap music, philosophy, and their mom’s cooking. RebeccaLynn is a Winter Tangerine workshop alumni as well as a 2017 Pink Door Fellow. RebeccaLynn’s work has appeared in Maps For Teeth Magazine, Slam Chop, and Black Nerd Problems.
