posture
audrey nguyen
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the pole skewers her bruised body
and comes out at her agape mouth
an exemplarily obedient chick asking to be a god’s
favorite child
she lends her voice to a podcast mic
her faint chirping has gone extremely viral
because it’s just barely audible and can’t
interfere with any quiet, unspeakable crimes
her silken skirt flutters in the breeze
a worldwide flag that everyone
has come out to see and salute to
from below
she is babylon, she is an icon
she has mastered the art of softening
the hard parts
ballerina bones tied into a mangled bow
corseted scoliosis in a sexy
blood eagle
clipped roots, tethered at the neck
sticky in eye fluids oozing from her phone cage
the most exquisite pearl of spit
1895 Palais Garnier dancer
she has absolutely slayed the fantasized white swan
in half (very symmetrical)
her blood is getting a rebrand
a new flavor of holy sweetener would trend
immediately after she’s reborn
she will need to trademark her suggestive
innocence
before rigor mortis claims her a woman
on the internet
they will saw off her rotten feet
and watch the crows make bids for them on ebay
even her clothes when removed
will be nailed to a tightly cinched, invisible waist
Audrey Nguyen is a writer, poet, and versatile creative presently based in Canada. As a current PhD candidate in Biochemistry, she enjoys finding the artistic in science, and the scientific in art. Her poetry is often philosophical and instinctive, exploring themes of identity, loss, and turbulence in navigating the modern, internet-based world, with a dash of her life science background here and there. She feels intensely, and writes intensely to make people feel. Find Audrey on Instagram at @au.noia.
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