Poem
how does this girl make me feel
like such a boy when I’m fucking her
I’m asking because I’ll never know
I’m asking for when the mystery
swells large enough to touch
BASIL (GILLIAN) LEE
they, them, theirs
College of Arts & Sciences
Class of 2017, English, Area Program in Poetry Writing
Basil (Gillian) Lee writes about language and life as a queer person in the scary, lovely world. They are also a printmaker, musician, and book artist. They read a lot of Ted Berrigan, Mina Loy, Aram Saroyan, Sappho, and Nikki Giovanni, and are currently focused on the relationship between underground contemporary poetry and the library.
