medusamessiah
i ride you // my messiah // like godiva //
with rings on fingers // bells on toes // studded
leather // on neck // and how // I love to worship you
// as I bend you // to my will // over backwards //
forward // roll // back the stone // annunciate //
it’s not too late // you felt // like a good idea
// at the time // like holy water // on my tongue //
on your knees // please // my messiah //
deathdesire // speaking in tongues // sleeping in residue
// fleeting of foot // speaking of which // medusa
seduce her // ladyluck // stuff not staff // spelt different //
sounds different// it’s uh as in fuck // feast not fist
// a midnight fist // is an entirely different // thing
i ride you // my messiah // my pure at heart
pariah // lady macbeth // to the end // of times //
proliferate and profane // pornographic malcontent
// enough to charm the snakes away // turn us all to stone //
my medusa // gorgeous gorgon // she’s not deadly
// she’s beautiful and she’s laughing // at all of us //
her snakeskin // swallows me // whole
JP Seabright (she/they) is a queer writer living in London. They have three pamphlets published: Fragments from Before the Fall: An Anthology of Post-Anthropocene Poetry by Beir Bua Press; the erotic memoir NO HOLDS BARRED by Lupercalia Press, and GenderFux, a collaborative poetry pamphlet, by Nine Pens Press. MACHINATIONS, an experimental collaborative work exploring the life and work of Alan Turing is out later this year from Trickhouse Press, as well as Be∞Cause from Ghost City Press. JP was nominated for a Pushcart Prize in October 2021. More of their work can be found at https://jpseabright.com and via Twitter @errormessage.
