Mary X Biography

There was this
Barbie-doll girl I knew
who grew
into a Barbie-doll woman.
...

they told me that walking to the shop was best
done using a pair of old trainers.

that way I’d be able to walk with
...

There are times when you simply
cannot do anything.

You lay there in Medusa’s
...

I open up my book of thoughts
And memories, and get struck
With a whispery clatter of voices and a blowing force:
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Fishing for wood
on the edge of my
mattress
...