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    Lesbian Purple Space Rainbow Mermaid Queen
    Lesbian Purple Space Rainbow Mermaid Queen
    Lesbian Purple Space Rainbow Mermaid Queen
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    Lesbian Purple Space Rainbow Mermaid Queen

    By Marissa Alexa McCool

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    Lesbian Purple Space Rainbow Mermaid Queen is a collection of poetry by Marissa Alexa McCool which explores intimacy, love, and surviving sexual assault in a queer, poly-amorous, neurodivergent context. Hard-hitting, blunt, emotional, and even sarcastic at times, McCool takes the reader over the ethereal lesbian space rainbow and into the world of "The Purple Amazon" through her eyes and her soul at its most intimate level.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAnti-Social Media
    Release dateJul 7, 2019
    ISBN9781393588856
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      Lesbian Purple Space Rainbow Mermaid Queen - Marissa Alexa McCool

      Lesbian Purple Space Rainbow Mermaid Queen

      Marissa Alexa McCool

      Copyright © 2019 Marissa Alexa McCool

      In association with and produced by Anti-Social Media.

      All rights reserved.

      Contents

      Dedication

      Introduction

      Sides

      She

      I’ve Traveled

      Ode to Olivia

      Small Moments Blues

      Scribbled Prologue

      The Hill

      The Moment After

      The Water Turned White

      The Girl With the Cat Ears

      Over the Sky

      Pixie Dust and Star Stuff

      Down With Your Sickness

      Lesbian Purple Space Rainbow Mermaid Queen

      Dem Titties

      Masterpiece Symphony

      Planet: Occupied

      Vessel of Passion

      Losing In My Dream

      Aria

      The First Meeting

      About the Author

      Dedication

      ––––––––

      To Aiden, Devyn, Isaac, and Murph.

      Introduction

      ––––––––

      Lesbian Purple Space Rainbow Mermaid Queen is a collection of poetry by Marissa Alexa McCool which explores intimacy, love, and surviving sexual assault in a queer, polyamorous, neurodivergent context. Hard-hitting, blunt, emotional, and even sarcastic at times, McCool takes the reader over the ethereal lesbian space rainbow and into the world of The Purple Amazon through her eyes and her soul at its most intimate level.

      Sides

      ––––––––

      We are the broken frames

      Of the pictures smashed

      By the intrusion of your sincerely-held belief

      While our supposed allies

      Desperately plead for civility

      Ours

      They mean

      We are the missing member

      Of the invalid family

      Without the required pluses and minuses

      For ours to count as valid

      From those who espouse family values

      Theirs

      They mean

      We are the burnt remains

      Of the strategic violence

      That bases our identities on the burnt and scarred

      While they debate which crimes can be hate

      When the victim’s identity makes them feel icky

      Ours

      They mean

      We are the unchecked anger

      From neither side

      Of your endless double standards

      Because we stopped playing the same game as you

      When we learned you had different rules for us

      Theirs

      I mean

      She

      ––––––––

      She

      The pure androgyny

      That illustrious grin

      The intoxicating laugh

      She

      Is the one

      I think of at night

      When dreams are faded

      And she

      Is what remains

      A fantasy unblurred

      She

      The voice of dreams

      The illuminated silhouette

      The tender grasp

      She

      The loving embrace

      The one I seek

      The one I crave

      Complete infinity

      Her touch unparalleled

      She

      The love undying

      The unrelinquishing

      The perfected imperfection

      She

      The gorgeous spectre

      The evenflow of awakening

      The bringer of solace

      She’s the one

      I’ve Traveled

      ––––––––

      I’ve traveled through iron ridges

      Wind farms on the freeway

      Dissociation trips

      And along the great rocks

      Trying to get my best look

      At the eyes

      That render me helpless

      I’ve traveled through states

      That legislate against me

      Going stealth to be

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