(January 21st, 2025)
Fear kisses me awake. The panic of other
bodies, suddenly exposed,
holds my own.
It’s early;
sunrise hasn’t
warmed the room just yet. We don’t have
words for what happens next. Do we dress?
Julietta Bekker (she/they) is a writer, educator and illustrator who lives with her family in Portland, Oregon. Her poetry has been published by Pile Press, Bitter Melon Review, 7th-Circle Pyrite, Seedlings, Querencia Press and Oyster River Pages, and is forthcoming from The Dread Literary, Gather, and The Inflectionist Review. Her work incorporates elements of the natural world to explore political and social themes through the lens of a queer parent.
