Topaz Winters

Portrait of My Body as a Crime I'm Still Committing is an award-winning, omnivorous collection of poetry residing in the space between confessional & manifesto. Luminous, tender, & unflinching, Portrait cuts straight to the marrow. To all those whose bodies have been more bruise than human, this book is for you.

Portrait of My Body as a Crime I'm Still Committing

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If hunger is a synonym for violence, it mistakes itself too often for mercy.

I hate my body, meaning I'm welding my own cage, carving my own tombstone, meaning I am so tired of trying to change the ending of this story.

& I started whispering I'm in love with you I'm in love with you I'm in love with you, like I wasn’t a coward for taking three-quarters of a poem to say it. 

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