BY ROBIN SINCLAIR
A Farewell Letter
One day, sooner than we're willing to prepare for
there will be one diagnosis too many for bones to carry
and the flesh will tumble to the floor.
Wooden railroad ties overtaken by the forest and
Annabelle, below the garden.
An eight line poem in a pocket, in an armoire,
perhaps tucked away within the wooden parlor grand
where I sang myself to sleep.
Robin Sinclair (they/them) is a queer, trans writer of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction. Their chapbook, SOMEONE ELSE’S SEX (Bull City Press, 2023), is about living and surviving as a damaged trans person in a damaged world. It is about sex, the commodification of queer history, the collateral damage of the closet, bigotry, finding love, and trying to heal. It is about queer liberation. All author proceeds are donated to the Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund. RobinSinclairBooks.com