Medea

Joe Nasta

I’m into S&M.

No, not what you think,

I’m into S&M—

the sun and moon

I want to tie you down

to the bed with silk

ribbons, fill your mouth

with lavender petals

and just leave you there,

call you goddess, burn

violet candles and laugh.

No, not what you think.

I haven’t been keeping track

of the moon and she’s angry.

Will your pale waist be enough

sacrifice? I laugh but only when

you want me to,

only when you beg.

Joe (ze/zir) is a queer multimodal artist and writer who works in Seattle and writes love poems. Ze is one half of the art and poetry collective Eat Yr Manhood and head curator of Stone Pacific Zine. I want you to feel ugly, too was Joe’s first book and was released as a limited handmade edition. Find zir on Instagram as @jaynasty77 and @roflcoptermcgee.