Cassey Abella is a Filipino writer and creative based in Graz, Austria. Her works are often inspired by her observations of the world around her and her experiences with human connections. She studies BA English and American Studies and is currently a social media assistant for Tint Journal. Cassey's work is published in Scribbled, and she has previously read at events hosted by LYSL Kollektiv and Tint Journal.
with a writhing tightness of breath
neither mine to hold
nor release.
A moral anarchy to be molten into
the shape of
my lungs,
an oath I swear to soon behead.
The first dance around the waist, scent of grieving sweat
I weave, lace, tighten
(with)out respite,
my chest an orchestra of still persuasions.
A thief lusting after heavy shoulders:
A freight of wear and tear,
I kneel, digress, confess,
“I hear you through me,”
(With)out fault, I steal people’s corsets.
Breath into
breath,
with wisdom I cannot warrant
to have ever been mine.
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