Order My New Poetry Chapbook: "My Burlesque"

https://www.cristinaquerrer.com/books

Cristina Querrer's latest poetry chapbook, "My Burlesque", is a dark collection of the macabre scenes into one's interior: of nostalgia, failed relationships, and soul-wrenching memories.

ISBN 978-1-71662-879-5

Pocket Book (4.25 x 6.875 in / 108 x 175 mm), 36 Pages, Black & White Standard, 60# (90 GSM) White Paper, Paperback, Glossy Cover

Sample poem:

THE BODY HE GAVE ME

He would have built
a case around it—the reasons
why he would call me cunt

Oh, like no woman
has heard the man
that she loved
go there in that dark
well of knives and daggers?

I would stand affront,
empty, speechless
on my linoleum floor.
I learn his language
and repeat it back to him.
He scoffs.
Disappears for days.

The roots intertwine now
beneath our feet
that no matter the pull,
the push, it's just useless
thrashing about

because all I can
remember that day
as I stood there frozen
looking down at my body,
speechless, watching it conform
to those descriptions of me.

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