Writing Prompt Along This Gleaming Pity Track

Poem
Written By Keagan Wheat

-write a ‘thank ye’ note to Kristin

-silly pirate ship cargoes your sentimentality

-simplify you showed me hope to I lived and read

-Beebo, did you walk Dyke March? Trail streets to Washington Square; I saw her face waving the crowd; write the pride in her voice showering you like no one has.

-include the rising costs of a booth at Pride

-list the available seating at Housing Works

-make a simile for tricks and tips: how to combat internal father

-how many fights should you have won today?

Keagan Wheat

Keagan Wheat, a born and raised Houston poet, writes about FTM identity, congenital heart disease, and Latinx identity. His work appears in The Acentos Review, The Bitchin’ Kitsch, Kissing Dynamite, and more. They are the author of microchapbook, Come to the Table (Black Stone/ White Stone 2022), about death care and ritual; Ghost City Press will be publishing Working Transition as a part of their 2022 Summer Series. Check out his interviews with Brooklyn Poets and Poets and Muses. Find them on social media @kwheat09.

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