Kay (Katie) Hansen

“How do I say, I knew but wanted
to be wrong,
How do I say, I knew
and knew it was somehow
inevitable.
How do I say, a sheep
doesn't really know about
about slaughter until their ears
are full of screaming.”
― Olivia A. Cole, Dear Medusa

“Sometimes I'm torn about eyes
because there are times when I'm
riding the bus
walking to class
shopping with my mom,

when I look up to find
eyes on my body,
hungry stare, sometimes someone
my age and sometimes
not, a stare that turns me
into a meal.

And sometimes I like the way it feels
like someone has lit a torch
in my stomach in the deepest night
and all the moths come seeking.

Is it possible
to like something sometimes
and hate it other times?

Am I allowed
to decide when
I want to be
a feast?”
― Olivia A. Cole, Dear Medusa

“You don't even like him.
If you don't like it why
do it??"

And even in my head I don't
have an answer other than
"At least I'm in control.”
― Olivia A. Cole

“Do you understand the violence it took to become this gentle?”
― Nitya Prakash