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What do you call yourself the morning after?

By RAINA GREIFER | 28 JUL 2021

By Viviane Sassen — Photo by Solo Shutter

A basil
plant //
I have
since //
vomited
up // A
burial
ground //
for rabbits //
A micro
scopic //
fungus //
Tell me //
I have
always
looked
like // newly
grown //
grass //
Tetris game //
on your
brothers
calculator //
Even the
mint //
growing
on your
windowsill //
is capable
of acting//
like
a stranger//

Raina Greifer (she/they) is a queer writer and performance-maker. Inspired by reality tv and the small collection of herbs on her windowsill, her work explores themes of sex, grief and femininity. She has been published by House Letters, Constellations Magazine, and Leeve Magazine. As a spoken word artist she has performed as a co-headliner for Bristol Femme Night and Raise the Bars Spotlight event.

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