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after “Arrival” (2016)
this is another circular time
poem another sleek and subtle ode to the military-industrial
complex & internationalist song
& i am just
a child of
seven arms
& legs akimbo
a weapon?
a tool?
a parrot?
a watch?
& i am just another circular
song a conch of an echo
of another step
beyond – timeless language
there is only one question of any
worth to another pillar-body
sterling-elizabeth arcadia (she/they) is a trans poet and diy tattooer in baltimore, where she watches birds and cares for her cat. her work has been published in Stone of Madness Press, New Delta Review, Poetry.onl, and elsewhere.