Embodied

Written By Corey Near-Ansari

I love the way my voice cracks like asphalt on the city streets like a broken plate glued back

together with gold

When my voice cracks I laugh and I love it more than I ever have

I used to hide my laugh and tailor it but I pull that thread and laugh with my whole chest

No my whole body that I can now feel so close with each needle in my skin

I love my voice most as it grows hoarse from shouting in those cracked streets

That was the first time I really heard my voice coming from my body

No my soul

Corey Near-Ansari

Corey Near-Ansari (xe/xem/xyrs/any) is a trans butch lesbian attending Lewis and Clark College, studying theatre technology and design, rhetoric and media studies, and gender studies. Xe has a particular interest in studying queer history and theory, community building, and the practice of crafts. Xe can be followed on Instagram @apple.corey or their work @app1ec0re.arts

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