HAIR/CUT

written by A. Deshmane

should have 
known when i took up the kitchen shears,
wrist shaking. watched 
limp black locks collect in my sink
was navy-nicked all over. wasn’t made for 
      ill-fitted 
ponytails or small incisions. 

A. Deshmane is a 16-year-old transmasc poet and oat milk enthusiast from scorching Arizona. They have been published in places like Stone of Madness Press, en*gendered lit, and Catheartic Mag, among others. Aside from oat milk, they also enjoy comically large cats and dead Roman authors. Find them, if you’d like, @aar.deshm on Instagram or @aar_deshm on X.

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