“An itch for HE-ness
SHE-ness cannot scratch.
Men are here who are reborn as women,
they swallow pills & take hormone-shots.
He-paint peeled off
so She comes toward void.”
Enjoy these audio recordings of “Being AMANda” and “AMANda to Be” by Prison Poet from Vol. 33:3 of CALYX Journal! Buy your copy here!
Prison Poet (Akiva A. Israel) is an artist doing time in a prison for men in California. She’s transgender and believes that in a previous cycle of incarnation she did witness the first live performance of Shakespeare’s Hamlet.