IT WORKS, THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH IT
Tracy Dimond
After Sylvia Plath
I am not a cool girl
I am a cold girl
Soft launch the news:
I no longer want to be perceived
Choke on reality
Make an entire career (out) of space
Optimistic & optimized
Thrive on the authenticity narrative
Now your head, excuse me, is empty
I’ll have my Aquarius moon respond to that:
I’ve never felt so womanly
Since having a hysterectomy
A hollowed-out Barbie
The aesthetic without the danger
About the author
Tracy Dimond is a 2016 Baker Artist Award finalist. She is the author of the full-length poetry collection, Emotion Industry (Barrelhouse 2024), and four chapbooks, including TO TRACY LIKE / TO LIKE / LIKE (Akinoga Press 2018) and Sorry I Wrote So Many Sad Poems Today (Ink Press 2013), winner of Baltimore City Paper’s Best Chapbook. She holds her MFA in creative writing and publishing arts from the University of Baltimore.
Tracy has lived in different Baltimore City neighborhoods for 14 years.