Faith Cheltenham microsite edition
An open book built from the manuscript itself
A digital poetry object that reads like a spread on the table, while lines from the collection drift across the page and screen like thought still in motion.
I can lie like the CIA
pull the covers over your head,
so sweet, so tight,
Out goes the light
Book order preserved
Section 01
1 poems
I can lie like the CIA pull the covers over your head,
Section 02
19 poems
(Listening to Heat Above, Greta Van Fleet) Do both, same time
(Listening to Heat Above, Greta Van Fleet) Do both, same time
I’d stay in jacket Long as I could
Remember that Notting Hill She bravely says
This is so good, I mean gosh dang
Harris, Trump, even a Kennedy, and that’s what they talking
Always said men were trash But damn if some of these fuckers
I’m the best of both worlds
Did you know me? No, you knew me.
Girls, women and all who bleed There is something the docs
I ain’t phucked a hottie Yes, to a twink or two
I’m Faith Cheltenham,the Black Bisexual Libertarianwho kicks it with radicals, Nativesleft and right wings, and all y’allwith abandon and with glee.Ain’t that true, Ryan Murphy? (Eye roll bb) I do what needs doing,someone must now.We all could and should:speak for the Jewssing with them, rap it
As a child, I killed my abuser in my head over and over. Sometimes I drained him,
(For Cole) He was the first white man
(Hold on, Let me spit on it
By Faith Cheltenham You are who you
So you work 20+ years Black and lifting
Baby I’m Black Like When Suge Knight See Me
Miss me at Christmas Good, that’s another holiday
I like them red and I like 'em blue I like the taste of any gender on my tongue
Section 03
23 poems
Can’t take another “Lemme amplify your voice”
Can’t take another “Lemme amplify your voice”
Please take your meds I re-learned piano just
I want to be clear I am still 100% pissed But do let me try and explain
Joss, in 5 acts Whedon didn’t do it, he says
Walkaway walkway: Why? Sometimes I cannot tell them much
Call me Ms hermaphrodite or Mr I don’t care: I have any gender I want
If you get a chance, please send my love All my love, to the one you think of as mum
You need me To spell it out W-o-m-a-n-a-n-d-m-a-n
(A CHRISTMAS SONG)
Merry Christmas Happy holiday But don't send me any gifts
They wanna say all the men Who like ladies n love ‘em
Because Jeremy did A bunch of us kids didn't die Now 30 odd years ago
Don’t be so scared, I tell myself What lies beneath is only
If you look at the video Like I have You’ll see them all lined up Right in front
What happened to us I've never Written about not even once
Yes, God made Woman and man
She said doesn't Sound like you Have many real friends
White trans will use you for your Money and your connections
Grandma I’m trans Well what does
Some folks roll on their own Some folks rock alone
So you been cancelled
Growing up Rules was simple
I couldn’t be the woman for your wife That just not me
I always appreciate An opportunity to