HOST CELL
by Brandi Bird
refresh girluser type
write speak don’t
pick don’t pick peak
glitch femme glitch
cut black sidebangs
dulling dull scissor
fuckgirl F5 F5 brown
areolas montgomery
gland sebum plug
lie online not my lie maybe
some other body’s lie
acidic latch correct pH
balance for shell pink
daughter baby breastfed
son baby & i can’t make
a baby dream baby myth
baby & ERROR
ERROR fuckgirl oral
thrush swallow thick
cream transfer
milky thumbdrive
or vice versa
girluser milk yeast analogy
vicarious cell body broad
over germ it’s no body
just one fuckgirl’s wish
to kiss girluser every single
fucking day it’s simple so
simple kiss girluser plastic
trackpad & what’s the bug
what deficiencies of minerals
vitamins fat & water soluble
i take them all i lick deep
iron stink in steel & linoleum
mall bathrooms always
full stalls overflowing
pissy pale seats
waste makes me salivate
makes me post desexed
fuckgirl meltdowns
shockgore midori upskirt
i remain underage
my bittorrent my pallor
my seed i squeeze
one white fat
filament from
my dark crown
of a birthmark
my lopsided tits
squish out
masses maggoty
lipid wax oil
on fuckgirl’s fingers
cursors over girluser’s
usericon bald britney
spears flash green
umbrella don’t
pick she tells me
tells everyone
don’t pick
be careful
they come
back bigger
they get so much
bigger they make
bigger &
bigger
holes
ABOUT THE CREATOR
Photo credit: Geoffrey Wallang
Brandi Bird is an Indigiqueer Saulteaux, Cree and Métis writer from Treaty 1 territory. Their first book of poetry, The All + Flesh (House of Anansi, 2023), won an Indigenous Voices Award and was a finalist for the Gerald Lampert, Raymond Souster and Governor General’s awards. Their second collection, Pitiful (House of Anansi, 2026), is a candid account of recovery from eating disorders.
Instagram: @_birdrights