3 for the price of 1

scratch that

unbelieve (sort of) ended 
with wings and freedom 

a lilting, happy, hopeful
where do I go from here?

the plan was to move 
on to a second book

working title: more

where I’d share my bigger,
lovelier, more expansive 

thoughts about god and 
spirituality and the world 

but jaded wouldn’t leave 
me the hell alone

---

*

I shared an unfinished version of that poem ^ a few months ago, but that's the final edition that's in my book THAT IS NOW OUT IN THE WORLD. Here's the next poem in the book as a bonus:

turns out (a haiku)

I have a whole lot 
more to get off my chest so
here we fucking go

*
WARNING: there's a good bit of cussing in jaded. Here's a third poem explaining why: 

fuck yeah

“sorry for all the swears
but I’m a recovering

Good Religious Girl

and it’s an important 
part of my recovery!”

—D.L. Mayfield


*

I'm so excited to get jaded into your hands. I think you're going to like her. 

A ginormous THANK YOU to David Morris and Lake Drive Books for making my publish-before-Christmas dreams comes true.

p.s. D.L. Mayfield wrote the endorsement on my back cover, and I'm so freaking happy about it. Also, I LOVE her substack and highly recommend it.