Anger is caused by ephedrine
/mercy, we are not physicians,
Freedom is anaphylaxis to control.
Fuck this, that, and her.
My gut is raging in revolt.
/no charity, we forge the Mohs scale
on our hips.
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.
Righteous Scheme