The men who hurt me

always have long necks,
protruding Adam’s apples,
blue eyes, red hats.
He doesn’t understand transgenders
and listens to Cumtown.
He likes me naked and
bumping lines on cloudy afternoons.
He wants nothing more
after we fuck
in the front-facing window
of an abandoned home.


Davi Schweizer (they/them), from Philadelphia, is the author of “Only Seconds Until Detonation” (forthcoming, Querencia Press) and “Echo Decay” (Kith Books). Their poems have appeared in JAKE, BULLSHIT LIT, Line+Stars, and other places. They are the editor and founder of Troublemaker Firestarter.

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