Mia Broecke
Sometimes I Wish I Knew Hunger as Men Do
Shay Alexi
Death a friend cleaved
From cheap beer and proximity.
Death close, but pompous. Someone’s father will die
If he can’t fill me with his want and sometimes
That is the most important thing about me.
How embarrassing it is, to have a body
Made spoiled and stupid
By other people’s eyes.
I learn want as a synonym for wanted.
I pry bones that once held babies
From my inner thigh. I write an old man
A eulogy: survived
by his own craving.
Shay Alexi is a multi-disciplinary artist and writer living on unceded Muskogee-Creek land in Atlanta, GA. Their full-length poetry collection, Unbridled, was nominated for a Georgia Author of the Year Award. Alexi’s work has been featured by The Rumpus, WUSSY Magazine, and Apogee, amongst others. Videos of their poems have garnered over 5 million online views. Read and watch their work at shayalexi.com and connect with them on social media @_shayalexi_.