WELCOME TO MOON BEACH
Farah Abouzeid
a guy eats a live chicken on tv i don’t mean he eats chicken live i mean he eats a living chicken
i’m not saying i want to seduce you but i allow myself to be loved
i allow my hips to be water come into my sandy bed i keep dreaming
of a girl in a green world i think the girl is me
resonance is an act an endless loop of lucidity
watching kajillionaire and eating salmon i love miranda july and i’m about to start sobbing
love is not a problem to be solved you try to get away you dope
in the subtle body the hands are an extension of the heart
so yeah i powered through the fish now my apartment smells like the ocean
MAGIC FOR SALE
Farah Abouzeid
starry eyed sea freak with no plan
no insurance
just a mermaid doll in a plastic box
everything would be so much easier
if i was being sold at target
my skin would be encrusted with glitter
my fingers would be fused together
so that my hands were always cupped
open and outheld
how can i write about anything else
Farah Abouzeid (she/her) is a writer from Monterey, California. She studied Literature and Writing at UCSD, where her play Social Suicide was produced by the Undergraduate New Play Festival. She received her MFA in Creative Writing from CalArts and recently completed a mermaid-themed poetry collection titled Dreamphone, inspired by Persephone’s journey into the underworld. Her work has been published in Strip Mall Magazine and Fruitslice. Farah is currently based in Los Angeles, writing, teaching, and reading tarot cards.