when / did maykapal / turn to / satanas / was it / when / rosaries / flipped to / nooses / when your palms / were bind / together / and filth spilled out of your mouth / a landslide / cascading down / your pretty / white / altar clothes / was it / when purity / turned into / sin / when you / slipped your / fingers / inside of you / for the first time / or was it when / you started / to harbour / feelings / for girls / when amens / turn to help / do you still go to church, girl? / or do you lie to yourself everyday? / a repetitious / cycle / of damnation / god hangs himself / in your presence / tell me / do you still pray / even with hellfire / in your eyes / and the god / of sins / at your / fingertips
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I, Girl
Poetryi am my own god, my own spirit, my own prayer. -- a complete series of 44 poems concerning girlhood, dread, and catholic guilt.
