kp

Joined December 2021

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I am a non-binary, trans-masc writer. I work to dismantle internalized structures of oppression, such as the gender binary, class, and race. My writing is personal but anecdotally points to a larger political picture of systemic injustice.

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Tidings of Rare Form
Yes, sentimental. The holidays are sentimental, but My, how those sentimentalities have changed. The highly propagandized artifacts of Indigenous or Pagan tradition used to sell a white-washed settler-colonial history
By kpabout a year ago in Poets
Aide Memoire
The dark and deepened hues of the second solstice signal that It's time. A year since, and one could argue that the decision to go now is a late one.
By kpabout a year ago in Poets
Passing Fancy
Then he sang– Boastfully and resilient, full of certainty– Offerings in condensate To morning's ephemeral child. An oblation of sweet nothings to pine and leaves, white-tipped and heavy-boughed, stirring fickle intent.
By kpabout a year ago in Poets
Sweet Kellie, . Top Story - November 2024.
How long has it been? Eight years, if memory serves. Seven years longer than I knew you. Seven years: long enough for some cells to become new. I'm thankful for the steadfastness of my cerebral cortex at this moment. I am grateful for the memories I have with you, however brief.
By kpabout a year ago in Humans
Dear Virgil,. Top Story - November 2024. Content Warning.
The night ebbs on as sleep wanes. What sordid acts led to such restless ease? A past life? The former Selves. Or past lives? The previous renderings of my animating force. Perhaps generational sins, those passed through DNA. I feel the burden of my lineage. The accountability of restoration. The work of repairing what my ancestors wrought.
By kpabout a year ago in Confessions
on marriage
married yesterday means fencing fears. allez! go! balestra, flèche.
By kpabout a year ago in Poets
air to cut
it's thick, you feel it? the fear of revelation. what U.S. protects.
By kpabout a year ago in Poets
hydrogen
building the uni- verse for our most thankless gods. but stars and light bend.
By kpabout a year ago in Poets
Kill Your Darlings. Top Story - October 2024.
There is so much queer representation in media these days–good, bad, and painfully stereotypical. I'm not looking for it anymore, though. I haven't been since college. I guess you could say I gave up. I see it as being the representation I wish I could have had growing up, but I suppose it's a matter of perspective. As a child, I used to look for myself in media. Desperately.
By kpabout a year ago in Pride
Even "Just Wars" Lie
Palpitations ripple through veins until the body vibrates, and the whole world Can hear it. A quivering voice shakes the foundations of our greatest achievements until
By kpabout a year ago in Poets
The Rest Home
For Kenny Penn's unofficial October challenge. A true story to start the season right. She couldn't recall the last time she had worked at these clients' home or why she had stopped, but she accepted the hours anyway. While driving to that corner on 19 Mile and 205th, she hadn't thought about anything but the Glee soundtrack blaring through her speakers. Now, as she sat in the driveway waiting for the track to finish, she felt a distinct chill and rush of adrenaline. She had felt it while working here before and realized now, at this moment, why she had traded her overnight shift at this house for one at another.
By kpabout a year ago in Horror
on being engaged
gifts aren't what will keep me here; i've got to choose to stay. so hold my hand instead and feel the grooves of my knuckles against the flesh of your thumb.
By kpabout a year ago in Poets