Laura Brun is a poet from small-town Kentucky who lives and writes in Pittsburgh. She works at the Carnegie Museums and instagrams at laurabrrrrun. Her work is found or forthcoming in Lambda Literary’s Poetry Spotlight, Jellyfish Magazine, Bodega, and others. You can find out more about her at lauranbrun.blogspot.com.
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today i am a laurel crown and spandex. still,
it’ll keep happening. if
your body’s in the way
of your being taken
seriously, why not
your clothes? why be
efficient? to the old
man with the waxed
mustache who’s arm’s
around you, you’re a
glittering christmas goose
regardless. patting your
hip, he’s saying good
girl, good as if you know
him or haven’t met
fifteen of him before.