Erin O'daniel is a gender expansive Queer Writing in Duluth (stolen Anishinaabe land), Minnesota

Poetry as Power

rock. and roll. by tai freedom ford

when we fuck, clavicles become drumsticks

clanking funk into taut skin tattooed brown

cymbals clash as we thrash breathless quiver

spasmodic legs quick and long as rivers

& as reckless hiss knock of radiator

multiply heat exponential your sweat:

a necklace of notes beckoning suck. kiss-

till it throbs like blown speakers leaks soprano

hums blurs gospel with flesh bed as mosh pit

we spread-eagle taunt darkness flailing erratic (erotic)

grit & rhythm act as glue ultramagnetic

holyghost coming orgasmic haint hallelujahing

anointed clitoris cause pussy be a rock star blinded

by spit hoping rhythm’ll catch hold of this groan

and thump fucking till eyeliner smears your face

beautiful our breath: a chorus of hymns

‘Poetry is Not a Luxury” by Audre Lorde in entirety

My Gulf of Sexico

Hydrate Your Pleasure