Juliana Huxtable: "Mucus in My Pineal Gland"

An excerpt from her 2017 debut volume.

IV.

I stared at myself in the mirror while I ate. I was wearing cheap Rainbow boyshorts with “CALL ME” printed on the rear and bright electric blue lipstick. “Look at HER!” I said to myself. “She pussy, she’s cunt … she’s giving me what I want.”

“She,” I said.

I unbuttoned my blouse and traced my fingers across my breasts, tickling the faintly visible hair…