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Anatomical


Imagine my surprise
when my day of baking
birthed pin-up art
from dough on the rise

Novice scalpel skills to blame, no doubt.
My incisions in would-be dinner rolls
puff into a Lilith Fair field of Bare Naked Ladies
labia minora, majora,
minor chord, oh my gourd.

I lean in, inspect my graphic goodies:
shorts hairs of dough line the lips,
sesame seeds play as goose flesh
and that tawny soft inner,
well that's thanks to teff.

Cheeks rosy with shock,
I stare at my assembly of womanly bits,
and I already know:
F--- it,
I'll still butter these biscuits.


Poet, writer, photographer and slightly distracted day-dreamer who muses on (gestures at everything) from the petty to the profound. On a semi-serious, fully earnest search for meaning in the mayhem. Perimenopausal, melanin-deprived, irony-enhanced recovering perfectionist Type A+ millennial woman. She balances the ever-continuing quest to Know Better/Do Better, with the distinct ego-death of parenting a smart, full-throated child who was raised to know the power of her voice. Mothering a teen means catching a side-eye in almost every interaction. Diana navigates the minutiae of everyday life through seeking the magical in the mundane. Follow along and laugh with her as the world flames out!

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