Status Updates From TRANZ (Stahlecker Selections)

what i've said: i am no one.

what i meant to say: i have abandoned nothing.

[...]

what past are you staring at.

i already know
there is no body
behind me.

- "i say I am tranz and"

what i've said: i am no one.

what i meant to say: i have abandoned nothing.

[...]

what past are you staring at.

i already know
there is no body
behind me.

- "i say I am tranz and"

friend died. cat died. i finally took a breath and nothing
changed except i'm not sucking off men who make beats

with their roommates, am sturdy in my refusal to eat ass
for anything less than an "i love u" text.

- "one dose of anxiety meds later"

kids I grew up with

weren't queer where I could feel it. my first kiss
was an assault. my second concert was one direction.

- "god is a suspect male musician"

trans art is a question
the answer is always

- "ode to panic"