March 4, 2024 Poetry

Z

By Ash Conrad
Z Artwork by Ash Conrad 
do you ever feel
like
a half a
grapefruit at breakfast
A sharp metal spoon 
keeps asking 
digging and scraping
the sides of you and everything 
You’ve made and 
the cardinal on your left
can only call out
the pulp you’ve 
lost

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Ash Conrad

Ash Conrad is an illustrator and tattoo artist pursuing her MPH&MSW at NYU, intending to work in LGBTQ+ rights and sexual health policy. She hails from the funky town of Athens, Georgia but has bartended in Brooklyn, where she calls home, for the last 9 years.

Profiles:

Instagram: @regular_cron

TikTok: @babybilliethespider

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