aracelis girmay aracelis girmay is the author of three books of poems, most recently the black maria. She is on the editorial board of the African Poetry Book Fund and lives and teaches in Brooklyn. Poetry The Filth issue [The nurses, some of them were soft, some of them were hard…] By aracelis girmay They bared their teeth and flashed their claws. Cleaned, cleaned my blessed and soiling. I was now plural. Poetry The Filth issue Placenta, shed, my By aracelis girmay your gut & veils, your small black fist, your hidmo room of minerals & weight
Poetry The Filth issue [The nurses, some of them were soft, some of them were hard…] By aracelis girmay They bared their teeth and flashed their claws. Cleaned, cleaned my blessed and soiling. I was now plural.
Poetry The Filth issue Placenta, shed, my By aracelis girmay your gut & veils, your small black fist, your hidmo room of minerals & weight