"AS VALUABLE AS YOU NEED IT TO BE"

Rachael Haigh

cat’s cradle with a gold chain
(so careless with such delicate things)
my scent, coiled up like a snake,
in the back of your throat.

a part of you now
is dying, without question,
without knowledge, with
out your prior fears.

remember us dancing
remember us crying
remember us naked

so much of this matters

because i want it to.

feel my cold rings on your cheek

so much of this matters
because i need it to.

-- Emma Vescio is a writer & curator living in Chicago, IL. They co-curate Make Me Psychic - an experimental film series with Emma Greenleaf. Vescio runs Untilted__School: an alt-education program (in the beginning stages) aimed to create financially accessible classes. They are interested in [queer] time, relationships with objects, and definitions. They live with three cats and a loving, talented partner.