when they’re born, opossums are the size of a honeybee. when i was born, i was just five pounds. my mom was never supposed to be able to have children. i never thought i would have a child, too scared of tiny things and heartbeats, but now he lives in […]
Emily Ramser
Emily Ramser is a poet and sometimes a teacher; though her time teaching is coming to an end after Christian Nationalists decided queer people shouldn’t teach in Texas anymore and Emily accidentally ended up one of the stars of the NBC podcast Grapevine. Based out of Denton, Texas, Emily collaborates and co-creates with Spiderweb Salon as the editor of their zine WHAT NOW? and one of their regular performers. In her spare time, she works on documenting the ever-evolving history of blackout and found poetry at https://www.thehistoryofblackoutpoetry.org/.
the mosquitos
i have never been a mother but today i have given birth to a hundred mosquitos from the belly of the firepit i’d left forgotten in the backyard, letting it swell and rust with stagnant summer stormwater become bloated with unseen larvae till i knocked it over while watering the plants i keep buying from […]