I want to go unseen
walk the streets
strong and lean
with younger knees
shadow and mask
a blade, unsheathed
to make light work
of beasts
the alpha beasts
to start
then all the letters
in between
“eye for eye”
Chi Phi
and MAGA
Epstein and ICE
and all their vice
one swift slice
to cease
and decenter
the gender
tip the axis
defend Her.
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Photo by Çağla Demirbilek. Poem ©2026 Jen Payne. If you like this poem, you’ll love my book SLEEPING WITH GHOSTS, on sale at my Etsy Shop.
