what type of woman are you?
dried honey on the bottom of the jar woman
acrylics grown out past the cuticle woman
taser, pepper spray, and switchblade woman
soft woman, dark skin, no place to be soft woman
leg hairs slicked down by panty-hose woman
bearded woman
scarred woman
half in class, half outside the world woman
smudged eyeliner woman
thrift store, chase couch, woe is me woman
wild woman
unhinged woman
not quite a woman
out, out damn spot, damn husband, do some damage woman
Waiting to Exhale, set his car, his clothes, then him on fire woman
women loving woman
not a woman type of woman
late bus full of men, woman
raging woman
fat woman
will kill you woman
my ex won’t leave me alone woman
I’ll kill him, woman
tarot reading, co-star woman
gold hoops, red lips woman
picket signs, ink stains woman
I’ve been to therapy woman
look at my nails on my Tesla woman
he touched my daughter so I slit his throat woman
speak up, baby. I can’t hear you woman
have you ever heard a woman scream?

Morgan Mullings (they/them) is an interdisciplinary artist living in Maryland with their cat, Frida Calico, and a snake plant named Darius. They were one of two poets chosen to represent the University of Maryland, Baltimore County in the 2019 Baltimore Book Festival’s University Writers' Series. They are also the recipient of the 2019 Malcolm Braly Award for Creative Nonfiction at UMBC English Department. They create a monthly newsletter on Substack called Be Soft, Write Feral, encouraging authentic voice in their subscribers. Their work has been published in High Shelf Press, Burning Jade Magazine, Charm City Stories, and is forthcoming in SWWIM. You can find them @morganic.matter on Instagram and @yeahthatmorgan on Twitter.