 La Toilette Inutile, by Leonor Fini (Argentina) 1964 When a Woman Reaches Supernova Pressure-squeezed into the tiny space the world allows the weight of labels crushing from all sides her nuclear core burns a new pressure builds resists the gravity of expectation her fury consumes her fuel too quickly tips the balance of that gravity and her fire until she collapses her surface reaches event horizon time stands still gravity’s influence eclipses her completely not even light can escape. Gabby Gilliam Gabby Gilliam lives in the DC metro area. Her poetry has most recently appeared in Tofu Ink, The Ekphrastic Review, Cauldron Anthology, Instant Noodles, MacQueen’s Quinterly, and three anthologies from Mythos Poets Society. You can find her online at gabbygilliam.squarespace.com or on Facebook at www.facebook.com/GabbyGilliamAuthor.
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February 2023
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