Grayc Gatera’s Reviews > 100 Queer Poems > Status Update

My updates for this have become almost pretentious but I will persist 😂. What a lovely book

First poem in this new section is by my favorite poet: Chen Chen. I knew there was a reason I loved it.

“She knows that the house is cake for fuck’s sake. The earth is seasoning. Our sweet flesh is so tender it flakes in between our fingers. Gretel knows. That the wicked stepmother, the old crone, Baba Yaga, me -Gretel- we are all the same. Archetypal and obsessed with our stomachs. Gretel says: this is the bread that broke the body. This is my body: take it. Eat.” - Emily Hassler