a genesis
created from the part
between lovers’ thighs
foaming warm red tide.
slow,
deliberate.
i see nebula
and liberation
between
transmigration.
my hands
have the gift of sight,
illuminating
caves.
they say ya rabb,
their back arches into a jeen.
all curves no straights
like the cross-current
of mathnawi and mariah carey.
- metal femme
about the artist: metal femme is a queer, trans/femme south asian artist from the diaspora researching and practicing decolonial aesthetics. metal femme is dedicated to uncovering and understanding collective diasporic trauma from biopolitical warfare while upturning (neo)colonial strife by centering healing, validating emotion, and killing trauma in all its forms.