She was born in mountains,
pushed between argillite pelvis,
deposited into dirt
and buried like a common
hatchet.
I don’t know who dug her up.
but she limped to me.
She’s in my arms
Help me.
I don’t know how
to embrace a
supercontinent.
Anastasia Jill (Anna Keeler) is a queer poet and fiction writer living in the southern United States. She is a current editor for the Smaeralit Anthology. Her work has been published or is upcoming with Poets.org, Cleaver Magazine, FIVE:2:ONE, Ambit Magazine, Drunk Monkeys, Hawai’i Pacific Review, Varnish Journal, and more.
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