I HAVE A UTI
by Mariana Chajon Oliveros
running desperately to a washroom only to find
a phone number on the wall
i hope no one has called
my name, it feels like i’ve spent
a lifetime just waiting for this feeling to go away
was it because i opened my mouth and eyes wide while we were having sex?
am i being punished for my anti-feminist, performative act?
can i not pretend i’m someone else on my bed?
can i not pretend i’m someone else in this stall?
VAGINAL RING
by Mariana Chajon Oliveros
ALMIGHTY SALVATION FROM THE TREMORS OF INCERTITUDE!
LET MY FINGERS SPEAK TO MYSELF,
SERIOUSLY; CLINICALLY; PRAGMATICALLY!
LET YOUR SOCKETS SPOUT IN ME YOUR LIFE-SAVING JUICES!
AND SHARE YOUR CHAMBERS WITH THE SHAPES I SO DELIGHT ON!
STAY WITH ME FOREVER! OR THREE WEEKS!
WHICHEVER, IT WILL BE
MY UTMOST PLEASURE
TO FEEL YOU BENEATH MY SKIN!
YEAST INFECTION
by Mariana Chajon Oliveros
Does it really offend you that much?
When I ask you to brush your teeth
Now I know there’s thirty-three different ways to sit uncomfortably.
and only my silence, my cranberry juice, and my loose-fitting cotton pants and underwear to console me
You expect me to thank you
For going down on me
Even if it harms me.
PREGNANCY TEST STRIP
by Mariana Chajon Oliveros
Piss inside a half-broken glass cup you used to sip from before you stopped
Face awkwardly close to a piece of paper that will—— how to be a parent? how to
restart birth control after an
abortion? How to cover
something up before
throwing it in the trash?
And how to look at it…
And how to look at you…
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