THIS RING I, and BOYS, by Levis Keltner [be about it zine britney spears blackout]
THIS RING I
catting for It
yours truly
I dance for
the feel of nth
persons’
peepholes in the
word mask meaning right
time to strike
a match
again
I forget something
Britney said
or design inhibitions
fancy like my hand
“under my own skirting” effort
to grasp what
I want a (word)
search
for sincere etymologies of self
& love
teetering
grasping you
to keep from
losing our ( )
slow dance
this sentence
a circle
this ring I
wed
BOYS
kick me
again
make me
never forget
where father
hides
his hair
and fear of
balloon animals
howl of gender
skin of lies
goodbye
fragile skeletons
your rattle
betrays you
by gaslight
less a moth
than dog fight
I bitten
you bark
lol a tongue
trick or
finger me
seen queen
for a verse
this is becoming
ladylike
to shove
a straight-legged
xenomorph
screaming out
an airlock
sir
you can’t
heart
the feels
that’s queer
for I unfriend you
for wings
because lashes
to flutterbys
beat hard
leave bruises
yes pops
I am beautiful
for a minute
you fell
to your knees
no one heard it
—and could breathe
Levis Keltner lives in St. Louis and on Instagram @leviskeltner. "Lucky" and "3" are their favorite Britney tracks.
Writer, LevisKeltner.com
Editor-in-Chief, Newfound.org
