Body Without the ‘D’
2024
Inspired by the poem of the same name by Justice Ameer, “Body Without the ‘D’” visualizes lines from the text as I relate them to my own experience.
"the bo’y is covered in hair / what a hairy bo’y / some makes it look more like a bo’y / some makes it look more like a monster"
"the bo’y feels empty / the bo’y feels like it will only ever be empty / the bo’y feels that it will never hold the weight of another bo’y inside of it / no matter how many ds fit inside the bo’y"
"the bo’y is a hollow facade / it attempts a convincing veneer / bo’y dresses — what hips on the bo’y / bo’y paints its face — what lips on the bo’y"
"the bo’y cuts itself by accident / the blood reminds the bo’y it is a bo’y / reminds the bo’y how a bo’y bleeds / reminds the bo’y that not every bo’y bleeds"
"the bo’y wakes up / the bo’y looks at itself / the bo’y notices something missing / there is both too much and not enough flesh on the bo’y"