Elise Filter Von Arx

i grew up, i predicted the boat crash

ribbons rose as the wind took flight
his voice knew how to wash me on
the edge of his bed

and wring me out dry. i wonder

how many times will a man’s
unwelcome hands make home
on my body

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Elise Filter Von Arx is a poet residing in Los Angeles, California. She’s working on completing her first anthology. Her latest work can be found in Soft Quarterly Vol. 7, out Fall 2022.