coming here to die Quotes

“conditioned me to split my voice in two
one to keep to myself
the other to appease you”
― Laura Gentile, coming here to die: polyphonic grief poetry

“you violated the body in such a way
that only the soul would know”
― Laura Gentile, coming here to die: polyphonic grief poetry

“I was born
because one body had survived another”
― Laura Gentile, coming here to die: polyphonic grief poetry

“sex poured out of you, useless gasoline
and love, an inexistent light
that hadn’t touched the horizon”
― Laura Gentile, coming here to die: polyphonic grief poetry

“and through your touch
I lived in your past”
― Laura Gentile, coming here to die: polyphonic grief poetry

“men needed two bodies to exist
one to exploit
and one to crown king”
― Laura Gentile, coming here to die: polyphonic grief poetry

“my mother’s grief is something that lives
in the nature of all things”
― Laura Gentile, coming here to die: polyphonic grief poetry