I Leave My Body & A woman Culture-made by Adora Williams

I leave my body

Something I do not agree, but in the right circumstances I could:

It must be wonderful having everyone you love in the place you were born

and never feel the need to escape.

I didn’t have that luck. My people are dreamers when they’re awake

      they leave their bodies when they sleep;

the ones that people wearing the flag wouldn’t

understand

because they don’t go anywhere when their eyes shut.

I go so many places I leave my body

I live so many lives I leave my body

I jump so many dimensions I leave my body

I leave my body every night when I go to sleep.

Why wouldn’t I leave this place when I feel like I’ve been sleeping not to feel


A woman Culture-made

The invisible machinery scares me

I avoid all contemporary I can by keeping it beyond the fifth wall

      is every break a comma

      and every new paragraph

      a full stop?

      I’ve just micro done it like everything else-

Lastly I’m only left with language

All the past I’ve been relying on is being left behind

and I can’t follow the pace

I’ve become a woman culture-made more than I’ve ever been

and I entered my lines on an artificial art generator

      A Woman Culture-Made

And there was shown only clothes

a dress

I did it again

boobs

I did it again

legs

I did it as many times as the years I’ve endured this madness

It was the same

the parts in the game that we’ve been playing

unaware

Then, out of curiosity, I redid it all to

Man

What is the man

dear man-made robot?

Oh I forgot about that

the culture-made is just a niche of man-made

But yes the man was shown in the picture

it is important that the maid knows her maker

      It is just obvious and a little sad that questions have yet to be asked

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“They were written recently, during my holidays to recover from depression. The time wasn’t right to put word to paper, and I usually write full manuscripts, with a concept in mind. For those, I didn’t have that. That’s why they’re homeless now and I don’t like that idea.”

Adora Williams has degrees in Journalism and Languages and writes poetry in Portuguese and English. In the year of 2022, she had 26 poems and her chapbook, ‘What if the Quest is Greek;’ accepted for publication. She lives in Brazil. Twitter: @adoralwilliams Instagram: @adorawilliamspoetry Substack: thecreativecatalyst.substack.com