she says she’s not about categories &
neither am i
she says, one day imma be a boi in Mexico
& i wanna go with her
maybe not to be a boi or maybe yah
maybe i wanna be another me
then i remember i’m married
& my husband only knows i’m bi
she says, let’s meet up in New York or Paris
& i hell yes her to death
when i think about
seeing her again i get all shy & giggly
sometimes we talk about nothing
but it means everything
she says, girl, let’s go to Haiti &
she says, let’s hit up that art museum
trust me, i wanna get lost in that
house with her get stuck in the house
like we did when we lived together, once
she says, let’s write a book together
& i am all about that it doesn’t have
a title yet, but we’re
working on stories
we collect rocks or strings or feathers
give each one a color and a number
this is how we catalogue love affairs
she says, one day imma write a book, my own book
& it’s true, it’s totally true
jacklyn janeksela is a wolf and a raven, a cluster of stars, & a direct descent of the divine feminine. jacklyn janeksela can be found @ Thought Catalog, Luna Magazine, Talking Book, Three Point Press, DumDum Magazine, Visceral Brooklyn, Anti-Heroin Chic, Public Pool, Reality Hands, Mannequin Haus, Velvet-Tail, Requited Journal, The Feminist Wire, Word For/Word, & Literary Orphans. she is in a post-punk band called the velblouds. her baby @ femalefilet. more art @ artmugre & a clip. her first book, fitting a witch//hexing the stitch, will be born in 2017 (The Operating System). she is an energy. find her @ hermetic hare for herbal astrological readings.
