poetry

tumbling

you could break me

moments like this
you could destroy me

take my heart taut
between your teeth
rip like a cord
like a manuscript

pages of me fluttering
over a cliff
down a hill
in the wind
tumbling

Published by Sinclair Sexsmith

Sinclair Sexsmith (they/them) is "the best-known butch erotica writer whose kinky, groundbreaking stories have turned on countless queers" (AfterEllen), who "is in all the books, wins all the awards, speaks at all the panels and readings, knows all the stuff, and writes for all the places" (Autostraddle). ​Their short story collection, Sweet & Rough: Queer Kink Erotica, was a 2016 finalist for a Lambda Literary Award, and they are the current editor of the Best Lesbian Erotica series. They identify as a white non-binary butch dominant, a survivor, and an introvert, and they live outside Seattle as an uninvited settler on traditional, ancestral, & unceded Snoqualmie land.

One thought on “tumbling”

  1. femmegyrl says:

    gorgeous…..
    just breathless
    thank You Sinclair.
    always a deep joy to read You.

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