Elizabeth’s androgynous language supports her status as a virgin married to her kingdom — simultaneously both and neither woman and man, wife and husband.
Bitters
We market bitterness as a marker of adulthood (…) Set aside such childish things as sweetness and grow up.
Once Upon A Time
Once upon a time, the girl met another asexual. “Holy shit,” she said, “This has never happened to me before. It’s like meeting a unicorn!”
Lisianthus nigrescens
"plants are all about sex, even Plato said it!"
attraction detracts
I wish attraction and wanting to have a significant relationship weren't so inextricably linked together, and the latter wasn’t assumed to fail without the presence of the former.
Floriography
My roots are steel in the ground / My stem is not for breaking / Leave this flower where it stands
Gürtel / Belts
I always thought men looked better in suits. Like, in comparison with being naked.
Since My Experiences Do Not Fit In Your Boxes
I can organize my relationships by asking myself how emotionally close and how interdependent I would like to be with a person.
Repulsed
This box was getting smaller by the second. Where did all the air go?
The Real Problem
“Oh and Clara, when are you going to get a boyfriend?" She said it like boyfriends were fruits which could be plucked from trees or ornaments necessary to authorize membership in the “normal teenage girls” club.
The Right Person Yet
You’ve always felt like the odd one out, never fast enough at catching the innuendos, convinced your friends’ outbursts were mere exaggerations.
Squish
I want to get drinks and food with you / Crawl into your brain places as we talk / Explore the topography of your mind web / And catch myself in your connections
Dear Caduceus Clay, I hope you're ace
Hope is a hill your dreams die on when you're wrong.
stasis
I would call it a piece about enclosure and removal, retention and emission, harmony and chaos – feelings I closely associate with attraction.
A Love Letter to Grey-Asexuality
Your attraction is cautious, wanting to know someone before it will come out of hiding.
Repulsion
I feel off knowing romance / makes people happy but makes me
Why do I ask if I’m gray-ace when I know I’m gray-ace
It’s not that I’m against sex, or that I don’t even enjoy it / But it always feels like there’s something I’m missing
Untitled
When did I become a woman?
Untangling these feelings
But, for me, physical comfort never meant sex.
Straight by Default
I envy people who understand attraction to the point where they don’t even have to think about it.