Special Providence
Fuck the girl in the rodeo hat
And the fishnets on the Q
Train trying so hard
To stand out
Fuck the girl in the fishnets
No, no, don’t
Fuck her. God. . .
Can you hear me? I
Take it back
Don't fuck her. If you have to
Fuck anyone
God. . .
Fuck me fuck
Me instead
by Stacy Skolnik
Stacy Skolnik is on the editorial staff for Montez Press and received her MFA from Brooklyn College, where she currently teaches. Some of her work and criticism has appeared in SALT. Feminism and Contemporary Art, The Adirondack Review, KGB Bar Lit Magazine, Josephine Quarterly, and elsewhere.
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