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BVTCH SWAG

MARYLYN TAN
​for ad

siken says, sorry about the bony elbows sorry we
lived here. your morning erection
is saltwater taffy, ravaged silicone spur,
a piece of driftwood
 
like they sell in the 99c seaside shops
against better judgment.
a carpenter bee swarming
with little white antlike bodies.
a litany of chrysanthemums.
a tongue like hail mary's. your bones
weigh less than a quarter of a silverfish.
 
your exes' curses falling like
a plague of suriname toads,
each fruiting into a thousand
blistering apologies
like gaping craters in stung skin.
I am sorry I pick at scabs.
 
you are:
the crisscross of thatched pondok roof
falling on the sand.
equal measures salt and water.
the place where the ocean
changes colour,
 
bvlgari wrists insistent
of aquamarine  ​

Marylyn Tan is based in Singapore and interested in addressing the queer feminine body, existence in liminal spaces, the parameters of interaction whether public or personal, and the conditions of alienation and marginalisation in her work.

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