utopia
by mic jones
art by by Rachel Rava
a pronoun can be an emergency
exit a map an experiment
in emancipation like fire
embalming coordinates
let’s make new names what would the world feel
like if gender was understood
the way we understand
a name:
singular
subject to change
sounding different
depending on
through whom
the sound is made
amid mountain ranges
screamed like names
our genders’ echo
sublime as the valley
amplifying bodiless-ness
& flight unleashed
we witness our selves
change
Mic Jones is a writer living in Toronto. Their poetry and fiction explores the architecture of memory, trans embodiment, the joy of failure, and queer time. Read more of Mic's work in Hobart After Dark, FROND & elsewhere. Together with their best friend Kelsey Whyte, Mic runs a multidisciplinary workshop for queer emerging artists called Undisciplined. Find them online @micoila.
